| US 7,346,976 B2 | ||
| Method for manufacturing a suspension for disc drive | ||
| Yasuji Takagi, Ebina (Japan); Koji Uozumi, Isehara (Japan); Masao Hanya, Yokohama (Japan); and Noriyuki Saito, Aiko-gun (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 22, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/158,877. | ||
| Application 11/158877 is a division of application No. 10/732699, filed on Dec. 09, 2003, granted, now 6,934,125. | ||
| Application 10/732699 is a division of application No. 09/793410, filed on Feb. 26, 2001, abandoned. | ||
| Application 09/793410 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/450138, filed on Nov. 29, 1999, abandoned. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 11-263705 (JP), filed on Sep. 17, 1999; and application No. 2000-054097 (JP), filed on Feb. 29, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0235484 A1, Oct. 27, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G11B 5/62 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 29—603.03 [29/603.04; 29/827; 29/417] | 2 Claims |
| 1. A method for manufacturing a suspension for disc drive, comprising:
a process for manufacturing a semi-finished suspension product integrally including a base plate, a rigid body portion of
a load beam, and a pair of connecting portions connecting the base plate and the rigid body portion, the connecting portions
individually projecting from opposite sides of the rigid body portion of the load beam; and
a process for fixing a spring member, formed independently of the semi-finished suspension product, to the base plate and
the rigid body portion of the sem-finished product;
further comprising:
a process for cutting off the connecting portions, projecting individually from opposite sides of the spring member, from
the base plate and the rigid body portion after the spring member is fixed to the semi-finished suspension product,
wherein the cutting process serves to separate the rigid body portion from the base plate, and the rigid body portion and
the base plate are operatively coupled to one another by the spring member.
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