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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2001
Yasuji Takagi, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Kamisaku, Kanazawa-Ku, JP;
Sudo International Patent Office, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method manufactures a head suspension for a disk drive. The method includes a first step of forming a semi-finished suspension ( ) having a base plate ( ), a rigid part ( ) solidly joined with the base plate through a bridge ( ), and a positioning hole ( ) formed through the bridge. This positioning hole is aligned with a positioning hole ( ) formed through part of a flexure ( ). A second step of the method fixes a resilient material ( ) to the base plate and rigid part of the semi-finished suspension so that the base plate may resiliently support the rigid part through the resilient material. A third step of the method aligns the positioning hole of the flexure with the positioning hole of the bridge and fixes the flexure to the rigid part. A fourth step of the method cuts off the positioning-hole-formed part of the flexure and the bridge including the positioning hole. This suspension is compact and the load beam and flexure thereof are correctly positioned to secure balance.