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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2000
Masaaki Niijima, Kawasaki, JP;
Masayoshi Amasaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic storage device having a ramped-loading-type head suspension, in which a magnetic head slider mounted on a support beam can fly above a storage medium in stable state in the loading or unloading operation, is disclosed. The head suspension includes a support beam having a distal end and a proximal end, a gimbal pivotally coupled to the distal end portion of the support beam through a pivotal portion and a loading member connected to a free end of the gimbal positioned to the side nearer to the proximal end of the support beam. The provision of the loading member at the free end of the gimbal permits the flow-in end of a magnetic head slider mounted on the gimbal to be kept farther away from the surface of the storage medium than the flow-out end thereof, thereby eliminating an unstable flying state of the magnetic head slider.