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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2003
Takashi Honda, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuki Kurihara, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Ueno, Osaka, JP;
Hideki Kuwajima, Kyoto, JP;
Takashi Honda, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuki Kurihara, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Ueno, Osaka, JP;
Hideki Kuwajima, Kyoto, JP;
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
A load beam is provided with a base plate and a slider. A magnetic head apparatus is fixed to a head arm via a base plate. In a mechanism or structure for supporting such a magnetic head supporting mechanism, an elastically deformable portion is provided between the base plate and the load beam. Thus, a floating structure that allows the load beam to swing is formed about the elastically deformable portion. In addition, a weight of the load beam is balanced with respect to the elastically deformable portion. Furthermore, a contact portion for applying pressure to the load beam is provided on the head arm so that a pressing load to a recording medium would be set by an amount of rotation of the load beam caused by the pressure applied by the contact portion.