Patent ID: 7248439

Claim:
A magnetic disc apparatus having a magnetic disc on which information is recorded, a magnetic head used to at least one of record the information to said magnetic disc and reproduce the information from said magnetic disc, and a magnetic head supporting mechanism supporting said magnetic head on said magnetic disc, said magnetic head supporting mechanism comprising: a slider having said magnetic head mounted thereon; a load beam having an arm mounting portion and a pivot; and a gimbal having a mounting portion on which said slider is mounted, said gimbal having two flexible finger portions spaced from said load beam which support said mounting portion, and a base end portion which is joined to said load beam; wherein said load beam has two elongation portions extending with respect to both sides of said pivot and being connected together in a proximity of a tip end portion of said two flexible finger portions so as to be spaced from said pivot of said load beam and for delimiting an opening; wherein said pivot is provided on a projection portion of said load beam which projects in the opening from an arm mounting portion side of the opening; and wherein said arm mounting portion, said pivot and said two elongation portions of said load beam are made from a single thin plate.