Disk drive suspension
AssigneeNHK Spring Co., Ltd.
InventorKenichi Takikawa
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Abstract
A disk drive suspension is provided with a load beam and a flexure including a tongue portion on which a slider is mounted. A pair of bent edge portions are formed by bending regions which extend along opposite side edges of the load beam in a thickness direction. A pair of limiters are formed on those parts of the load beam where the bent edge portions are provided. The limiters each include an arm portion and a retainer portion. An aperture for defining a contour of each limiter is formed in a region which extends along each side edge of the load beam. Each limiter is bent in a direction opposite to that of each corresponding bent edge portion.
Claims12
A disk drive suspension, comprising:
- a load beam;
- a flexure which is superposed on the load beam and includes a tongue portion on which a slider is mounted;
- a pair of bent edge portions formed by bending regions which extend along opposite side edges of the load beam in a thickness direction of the load beam;
- a dimple which supports the tongue portion for swinging motion;
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- a limiter which suppresses a movement of the tongue portion,
- wherein the limiter includes an arm portion and a retainer portion which is formed on a distal end of the arm portion and opposed to a supported portion on each of opposite sides of the tongue portion, whereby the tongue portion is restrained from moving away from the dimple, and the arm portion and the retainer portion of the limiter are formed by bending a part of the region along each said opposite side edge of the load beam, on which each said bent edge portion is provided, in a direction opposite to that of the bent edge portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.