Patent ID: 7327536

Claim:
A suspension comprising: a resilient flexure for supporting a head slider having at least one head element to control flying attitude of said head slider; a load beam, supporting said flexure at a top end section thereof, for applying a load in a direction perpendicular to a surface of a recording medium to said head slider; at least one fixing means, formed integral with said load beam, for fixing said load beam to a support arm; and a load-generation means, coupling said at least one fixing means with said load beam, for generating the load, said load-generation means having a first at least one leaf spring section formed in a three-dimensionally bent shape and integral with said load beam, said first at least one leaf spring section being extended from said at least one fixing means in a backward direction such that said at least one fixing means is located between said at least one leaf spring section and said top end section of said load beam.