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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
May. 14, 2002
Yasuji Takagi, Yokohama, JP;
Osamu Iriuchijima, Yokohama, JP;
Masao Hanya, Yokohama, JP;
Tsukasa Higashi, Yokohama, JP;
Takumi Karasawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuji Takagi, Yokohama, JP;
Osamu Iriuchijima, Yokohama, JP;
Masao Hanya, Yokohama, JP;
Tsukasa Higashi, Yokohama, JP;
Takumi Karasawa, Yokohama, JP;
NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A head suspension for a disk drive has a base () to be attached to a carriage, a load beam () having a rigid part () and a resilient part () supported by the base, to apply load on a data read/write head () arranged at a front end () of the rigid part, and a flexure () attached to the load beam and supporting the head. The rigid part has a multilayer structure consisting of at least three layers including metal layers () and a resin layer () interposed between the metal layers. The number of layers of the resilient part is smaller than that of the rigid part.