Patent ID: 7317595

Claim:
A suspension assembly including a load beam and a flexure supporting a slider, said flexure comprising: a first supporting area connected to said load beam on a leading end side; a second supporting area connected to said load beam on a supporting end side; a flexure tongue provided with a supporting area of said slider, a dimple contact point, and a leading edge; a metal layer including: a first loop spring structure extending from said first supporting area so as to support said flexure tongue and having a parameter for giving stiffness to said flexure tongue; and a second loop spring structure extending from said second supporting area so as to support said flexure tongue and having a parameter for giving stiffness to said flexure tongue, a value of said parameter being selected in such a manner that said second loop spring structure gives a stiffness smaller than the stiffness said first loop spring structure gives to said flexure tongue; and a wiring layer laminated on said metal layer in said second supporting area and extendedly branching from said second supporting area toward said slider.