Patent ID: 7287315

Claim:
A magnetic head slider mounting position measuring apparatus for measuring a predetermined position on a suspension where a magnetic head slider is to be mounted for use in a magnetic head in which the magnetic head slider is to be mounted in the predetermined position on the suspension having an index and a reference portion so as to be directed in a predetermined direction, the magnetic head slider mounting position measuring apparatus comprising: an upper camera and a lower camera having opposite photographing optical axes, respectively, which are perpendicular to a flat surface of extension of the suspension; a front camera having a photographing optical axis which lies on a flat surface parallel to the flat surface of extension of the suspension and which is directed to the suspension; a side camera having a photographing optical axis which lies on a flat surface parallel to the flat surface of extension of the suspension and which is directed from a direction different from the photographing optical axis of the front camera to the suspension; and control means for obtaining a positional relationship between a top portion of a convex surface formed on a side of the suspension to which the magnetic head slider is to be mounted, and a reference portion formed in the suspension based on images of the suspension captured with the upper camera, the lower camera, the front camera, and the side camera.