Head suspension for disk drive

摘要

A head suspension for a disk drive includes a plate that is easily and correctly be attached to a carriage of the disk drive and improves the attaching accuracy and strength of the head suspension to the carriage. The head suspension includes the plate (19) and a load beam. The plate has a boss (23) that is formed separately from the plate. The boss has a base (39) fixed to the plate and a protrusion (41) fitted into a hole (37) of a carriage arm (9) of the carriage. The plate 19 has a through hole (57). The base of the boss is fitted into the through hole and is fixed to the plate. Under this state, the protrusion of the boss protrudes from a first face (61) of the plate, and the base of the boss protrudes from a second face (63) of the plate. An end face of the base of the boss serves as a contact face (51) for a jig (49).