Patent ID: 8094415

Claim:
A disk drive suspension, comprising: a base plate fixed to a suspension support portion of an actuator arm of a disk drive; a load beam attached to the base plate; and a flexure located along the load beam and provided with a slider on a distal end portion thereof, the base plate including a mounting surface opposed to the suspension support portion, a boss portion which is inserted into a hole in the suspension support portion, a first region situated on a side of the mounting surface closer to the slider with respect to a center of the boss portion, a second region situated on a side of the mounting surface more remote from the slider with respect to the center of the boss portion, a pair of first projections formed individually on one and the other transverse sides, respectively, of the mounting surface within the first region and projecting toward the suspension support portion, and a pair of second projections formed individually on the one and the other transverse sides, respectively, of the mounting surface within the second region and projecting toward the suspension support portion, the boss portion being fixed to the actuator arm in such a manner that the boss portion is inserted into the hole of the actuator arm and that the projections are in contact with the suspension support portion.