# US 2021/0241802 A1 · Suspension for disk device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0241802 A1 - Document ID: US20210241802A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/125,438 - Filed: 2020-12-17 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2020-01-31 - Assignees: NHK Spring Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Nhk Spring Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAYAMA; Masao HANYA; Tatsuhiko NISHIDA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241802A1 ## CPC - G11B 25/043: {using rotating discs} - G11B 33/022: {Cases} - G11B 5/4826: {Mounting, aligning or attachment of the transducer head relative to the arm assembly, e.g. slider holding members, gimbals, adhesive (G11B5/484 takes precedence; details of head housings or structures G11B5/10, G11B5/127; adjustment relative to the record carrier G11B5/56)} - G11B 5/4833: {Structure of the arm assembly, e.g. load beams, flexures, parts of the arm adapted for controlling vertical force on the head (G11B5/484 takes precedence)} - G11B 5/486: {with provision for mounting or arranging electrical conducting means or circuits on or along the arm assembly} - G11B 5/5582: {system adaptation for working during or after external perturbation, e.g. in the presence of a mechanical oscillation caused by a shock} - G11B 33/08: Insulation or absorption of undesired vibrations or sounds - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) ## Abstract A suspension includes a load beam, a flexure including first and second outriggers, and first and second damper members. The first outrigger is formed to oppose the first surface and across the first opening. The second outrigger is formed to oppose the first surface and across the second opening. The first damper member is attached to the first outrigger at the first opening and the first surface. The second damper member is attached to the second outrigger at the second opening and the first surface. An edge portion of the first opening and the first damper member are spaced apart and an edge portion of the second opening and the second damper member are spaced apart. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A suspension for a disk device comprising: a load beam comprising a first surface, a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface, a first opening and a second opening, which penetrate from the first surface to the second surface; a flexure comprising a first outrigger formed across the first opening from a proximal end side to a distal end side of the load beam, at least a part of the first outrigger opposing the first surface, a second outrigger formed across the second opening from the proximal end side to the distal end side, at least a part of the second outrigger opposing the first surface, and a tongue disposed between the first outrigger and the second outrigger, on which a slider is mounted; a first damper member attached to a part of the first outrigger and the first surface, the part of the first outrigger overlapping the first opening; and a second damper member attached to a part of the second outrigger and the first surface, the part of the second outrigger overlapping the second opening, wherein an edge portion of the distal end side of the first opening and the first damper member are spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal direction of the load beam, and an edge portion of the distal end side of the second opening and the second damper member are spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The suspension of claim 1, wherein along a thickness direction of the load beam, gaps are formed respectively between the edge portion of the distal end side of the first opening and the first outrigger and between the edge portion of the distal end side of the second opening and the second outriggers. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The suspension of claim 1, wherein an edge portion of the proximal end side of the first opening and the first damper member are spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal direction, and an edge portion of the proximal end side of the second opening and the second damper member are spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The suspension of claim 1, wherein the first damper member overlaps an edge portion of the proximal end side of the first opening, and the second damper member overlaps an edge portion of the proximal end side of the second opening. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The suspension of claim 3, wherein the edge portion of the proximal end side of the first opening and the first outrigger are in contact with each other, and the edge portion of the proximal end side of the second opening and the second outrigger are in contact with each other. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The suspension of claim 1, wherein the first damper member and the second damper member are spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the load beam, and the flexure further comprises a wiring portion passed through between the first damper member and the second damper member to be connected to the slider. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The suspension of claim 1, wherein the first outrigger includes a first bent portion overlapping the first opening, the second outrigger includes a second bent portion overlapping the second opening, the first damper member is attached to the first bent portion, and the second damper members is attached to the second bent portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The suspension of claim 7, wherein the load beam includes a first projecting portion projecting towards the first bent portion in the first opening and a second projecting portion projecting towards the second bent portion in the second opening, the first damper member is attached to the first projecting portion, and the second damper member is attached to the second projecting portion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The suspension of claim 7, wherein an area where the first damper member and the first outrigger overlap each other in the distal end side with respect to a center of the first bent portion is greater than an area where the first damper member and the first outrigger overlap each other in the proximal end side with respect to the center, and an area where the second damper member and the second outrigger overlap each other in the distal end side with respect to a center of the second bent portion is greater than an area where the second damper member and the second outrigger overlap each other in the proximal end side with respect to the center.