Patent ID: 7764467

Claim:
A suspension for a disc drive, comprising: a load beam having a proximal portion and a distal end portion; a flexure which is located overlapping the load beam, extends in a longitudinal direction of the load beam, and has a first surface opposed to the load beam and a second surface on the side opposite from the load beam; a tongue portion formed on the flexure and bendable in the thickness direction thereof; a dimple formed on the distal end portion of the load beam so as to project toward the tongue portion; a pair of outrigger portions formed on the flexure so as to extend individually along opposite side edges of the tongue portion; slits formed between the outrigger portions and the opposite side edges of the tongue portion; connecting portions which connect the outrigger portions with that part of the tongue portion which is situated near a distal end portion of the flexure; a slider mounted on the tongue portion; limiter members which are formed on the load beam and each have a bent portion, which projects from the first surface of the flexure toward the second surface through the slit corresponding thereto, and an extending portion, which extends along the second surface from the bent portion toward the connecting portion corresponding thereto, the extending portion being opposed to the connecting portion in the thickness direction of the flexure; and a trace member which is electrically connected to the slider, passes through regions outside the limiter members, and extends along the outrigger portions toward the proximal portion of the load beam.