HEAD SUPPORT ARM, ITS MANUFACTURE, AND DATA RECORDING APPARATUS

摘要

PURPOSE: To provide a head support arm having a merge lip and a limiter for loading/unloading which can perform a laser tack. CONSTITUTION: The head support arm includes a load beam 34, a flexure 36 for coupling the load beam 34 and a slider 37, and the slider 37 with a head 43 set at the one end. The load beam 34 targets the head support arm 31 of a structure having a dimple 42 for generating a gimbals operation of the flexure 36 and slider 37. In the head support arm 31, (1) an exposure opening for exposing a bonding part 36A of the flexure 36 bonded to the other end opposite to the one end of the slider 37 with the head 43 is formed to the load beam 34 and, (2) a limiter integrally set with the flexure 36 is extended to a face opposite to a face of the exposure opening 61 where the flexure 36 is present, whereby the limiter is engaged with the load beam 34.