Patent ID: 7360653

Claim:
A tray for supporting a plurality of disk drive suspension assemblies that either have a first configuration or a second configuration that is generally a mirror image of the first configuration, each disk drive suspension assembly having a load beam with a proximal mounting region having an aperture and a tail member extending proximally from the mounting region, the tray comprising: a frame; a first member extending across the frame and having a plurality of first support features, each first support feature, adapted to support the mounting region of a suspension assembly of the first configuration and of the second configuration; and a second member extending across the frame and having a plurality of tail support features, each adapted to support a portion of a tail member proximal to the mounting region and constrain lateral movement of the supported portion of the tail member, wherein each tail support feature is positioned relative to a respective first support feature so as to support and laterally contain the portion of the tail member of a disk drive suspension assembly of the first configuration or the portion of the tail member of a disk drive suspension assembly of the second configuration.