Gimbal spring for floating type magnetic head

In a gimbal spring for supporting a floating type magnetic head at a distal end thereof extending lengthwise in one horizontal direction from a mounting member at an opposite end thereof, said gimbal spring including a flexure member at said distal end thereof and a load beam having one end mounted to said mounting member and its other end supporting said flexure member, wherein said magnetic head has an upper surface which is mounted to said flexure member of said gimbal spring and a lower surface which is placed in contact with a magnetic medium disposed in a horizontal plane in a downward direction from said gimbal spring,

• the improvement in said gimbal spring comprising:
• said load beam having lateral edges extending widthwise in a transverse horizontal direction perpendicular to said one horizontal direction, and respective bent portions each formed at a respective one of said lateral edges projecting on a lower side of said load beam in said downward direction, which is the same direction said lower surface of said magnetic head faces, in order to obtain a thin profile for the structure of said load beam and magnetic head;
• said bent portions extending along the length of said load beam near said flexure member but spaced a given distance therefrom;
• and
• a reinforcing plate secured to an upper side of said load beam, opposite from said lower side, substantially across said distance between the ends of said bent portions and said flexure member.