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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2004
Toshiki Ando, Yokohama, JP;
Noriyuki Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Masao Hanya, Yokohama, JP;
Seiji Yamashita, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiki Ando, Yokohama, JP;
Noriyuki Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Masao Hanya, Yokohama, JP;
Seiji Yamashita, Yokohama, JP;
NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
A disc drive suspension has a base portion including a baseplate and a plate member, a load beam, a pair of hinge members, and a flexure with conductors. The flexure passes through a gap between the hinge members and ranges over the load beam and the base portion. A thin-walled portion is formed by partial etching on that region of a front end portion of the plate member of the base portion which faces the flexure. A thin-walled portion is also formed by partial etching on that region of a rear end portion of the load beam which faces the flexure.