SUSPENSION FOR DISK DRIVE AND ITS PRODUCING METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high performance suspension which can correspond to the properties required for respective parts. SOLUTION: This suspension 17 for a disk drive is provided with a base plate 30, a load beam 31 which is attached to the base plate 30 and a flexure 50 which is attached to the load beam 31. The load beam 31 is provided with a rigid body part 40 comprising a thick plate which is independently separated from the base plate 30 and a spring part 42 comprising a thin plate like spring member 41 which is constituted as a separate body from the rigid body part 40. The spring member 41 connects the rigid body part 40 with the base plate 30. The spring member 41 is thinned than the rigid body part 40, has a low spring constant and is made more easily bendable than the rigid body part 40.