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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Shri Hari Narayan, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Sandeepan Bhattacharya, Bloomington, MN (US);
Roger A. Resh, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A disc drive suspension is provided, which includes a longitudinal axis, a rigid load beam section and a preload transfer section. The rigid load beam section extends along the longitudinal axis and has first and second opposing lateral side edges with respective first and second stiffening rails. The first and second stiffening rails are bent out-of-plane with respect to a main body portion of the rigid load beam section and terminate at a distal end of the rigid load beam section. The preload transfer section extends distally from the distal end of the rigid load beam section and has a third stiffening rail. The third stiffening rail is bent out-of-plane with respect to a main body portion of the preload transfer section and extends longitudinally from the distal end of the rigid load beam section.