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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
May. 08, 2006
Hajime Tada, Aikoh-gun, JP;
Masao Hanya, Aikoh-gun, JP;
Kenichi Takikawa, Aikoh-gun, JP;
Eiji Watadani, Aikoh-gun, JP;
Hajime Tada, Aikoh-gun, JP;
Masao Hanya, Aikoh-gun, JP;
Kenichi Takikawa, Aikoh-gun, JP;
Eiji Watadani, Aikoh-gun, JP;
NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A head suspension for a hard disk drive includes a base to be attached to a carriage of the head disk drive and turned around a spindle. A load beam includes a rigid part and a resilient part separated from the rigid part, to apply load onto a head that is arranged at a front end of the load beam to write and read data to and from a disk arranged in the hard disk drive. A base end of the rigid part is connected to the resilient part that is supported with the base. A flexure has read/write wiring patterns connected to the head, the flexure supporting the head and attached to the load beam. A joint is provided on the rigid part, to be connected to the resilient part. A protrusion formed on each side edge. Reinforcing part each expands and connects between each of the protrusions and the rigid part.