| US 7,492,553 B2 | ||
| Suspension, head gimbal assembly with a multilayered and reinforced suspension and disk drive apparatus with head gimbal assembly | ||
| Takeshi Wada, Tokyo (Japan); and Takashi Honda, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to TDK Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 01, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/670,266. | ||
| Application 11/670266 is a division of application No. 10/828264, filed on Apr. 21, 2004, granted, now 7,301,729. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-137340 (JP), filed on May 15, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0121244 A1, May 31, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G11B 21/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 360—244.3 | 17 Claims |
| 1. A suspension comprising:
a multilayered plate member formed by at least three layers laminated together, a modulus of elasticity of neighboring layers
of said at least three layers being different from each other and said layers overlapping one another along a length portion
of each of said layers, said multilayered plate member consisting of both side edge sections and a middle section located
between said both side edge sections; and
a reinforced member formed by at least one layer and laminated only on said both side edge sections of a surface layer of
said multilayered plate member along an entire length portion of said multilayered plate member, wherein no reinforced member
is positioned on said middle section of said multilayered plate member.
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