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US 7,009,814 B2Granted
Disc drive suspension in which track-direction swing in the low-frequency band is restrained
AssigneeNHK Spring Co., Ltd.
InventorsKenichi Takikawa, Masao Hanya, Noriyuki Saito
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Abstract
A disc drive suspension comprises a load beam, baseplate, hinge member, and wired flexure. The wired flexure has a metal base and a wiring portion formed on the metal base. A supported portion is formed on a part of the metal base of the flexure. The supported portion protrudes sideways from the wired flexure, and is fixed to the rear end portion of the baseplate.
Claims14
A disc drive suspension comprising:
- a base section including a baseplate;
- a load beam having a proximal portion and a tip portion;
- a flexure which is lapped and fixed on the load beam and which has a head section on a distal end portion thereof;
- and
- a wiring member extending along the base section;
- wherein the base section is shaped such that a weight thereof is balanced bilaterally with respect to an axis of the load beam;
- wherein a part of the wiring member is formed to have a supported portion protruding sideways therefrom, and the supported portion is fixed to the base section at a rear end portion of the baseplate.
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A disc drive suspension comprising:
- a base section including a baseplate;
- a load beam having a proximal portion and a tip portion;
- a flexure which is lapped and fixed on the load beam and which has a head section on a distal end portion thereof;
- and
- a wiring member which extends along the base section, and includes a metal base formed of a metal plate and a wiring portion formed on the metal base;
- wherein a part of the metal base is formed to have a supported portion protruding toward and fixed to the base section, and a part of the wiring member is located beside the base section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.