Magnetic head supporting mechanism and wiring structure therefor

摘要

The magnetic head supporting mechanism includes a head positioning actuator having an arm and a load beam. The load beam (235) comprises a substantially rectangularly-shaped plate having at least one opening and an attachment portion, the opening defining at least one beam portion (31-34) and a slider fixing portion (30). The slider fixing portion is connected to the plate through the beam portions for flexibly supporting a head slider used in the magnetic disk drive. The attachment portion is provided for attaching the load beam to a load arm (22) used in the magnetic disk drive. A conductive wiring pattern (91-94) is formed on the plate, e.g. by photolithography. <IMAGE>