Magnetic head with a slider and a gimbal suspension structured flexure having outriggers
AssigneeAlps Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorMichiharu Motonishi
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Abstract
A magnetic head may include a flexure coupled to a leading end of a load beam. The flexure may include a fixing portion fixed to the load beam, a pair of outriggers extending from opposite ends of the fixing portion toward the leading end of the load beam, a connector connecting the outriggers, a blade spring extending from a center of the connector toward the fixing portion in a space between the outriggers, and a tongue-shaped piece connected to and supported by the blade spring and having a slider on its surface facing a recording medium. The flexure may further include one or more slits. Thus, the tongue-shaped piece may be displaceably supported against elastic stress of portions of the blade spring and the connector.
Claims38
A magnetic head comprising:
- a flexure coupled to a leading end of an oscillatable load beam, the leading end extending to a space above a recording medium, the flexure comprising:
- a fixing portion fixed to the load beam;
- an attachment portion extending from the fixing portion, the attachment portion comprising:
- a pair of outriggers extending from opposite ends of the fixing portion toward the leading end of the load beam;
- a connector connecting leading ends of the pair of outriggers;
- and
- a blade spring extending, in a space flanked by the pair of outriggers, from a center portion of the connector toward the fixing portion;
- a displacing part elastically displaceable and connected to a leading end of the blade spring;
- a slider fixed to a surface of the displacing part opposite to the recording medium;
- and,
- at least one slit, the slit dividing the attachment portion into a plurality of portions elastically supporting the displacing part.
A magnetic head, comprising:
- a flexure coupled to a leading end of an oscillatable load beam, the leading end extending to a space above a recording medium, the flexure comprising:
- a fixing portion fixed to the load beam;
- an attachment portion extending from the fixing portion;
- at least one slit disposed in the attachment portion, the slit dividing the attachment portion into a plurality of portions elastically supporting a displacing part including a slider.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.