Claims
- 1. A head suspension comprising a load beam and a flexure, said flexure comprising a mounting pad and an annular gimbal element, said gimbal element surrounding said mounting pad, said gimbal element being connected to said mounting pad by at least two pitch elements, wherein:
- at least one of said pitch elements has a length greater than one third of the length of said mounting pad;
- said gimbal element has an inner periphery connected only to said pitch elements;
- said mounting pad is located between said pitch elements;
- said flexure farther comprises at least two roll elements located along a first axis, said first axis being at least substantially perpendicular to another axis passing through said pitch elements and a central region of said mounting pad, each of said roll elements connecting a portion of said gimbal element to a portion of said load beam, each of said roll elements having a length greater than the length of said at least one of said pitch elements; and
- wherein said mounting pad comprises a periphery having a first periphery portion and a second periphery portion, said first periphery portion being unconnected, said first periphery portion being separated from said gimbal element inner periphery by a first distance, said second periphery portion being connected to one of said pitch elements, said second periphery portion being separated from said gimbal element inner periphery by a second distance, said second distance being larger than said first distance.
- 2. The head suspension of claim 1 wherein said head suspension is unitary, said load beam and said flexure are formed from a single piece of sheet material.
- 3. The head suspension of claim 1 wherein said load beam comprises a first load beam surround portion and a second load beam surround portion, said gimbal element being surrounded by said first load beam surround portion and said second load beam surround portion.
- 4. The head suspension of claim 3 wherein each of said pitch elements has a thickness less than a thickness of one of said first and second load beam surround portions.
- 5. The head suspension of claim 3 wherein said gimbal element has a thickness less than a thickness of one of said first and second load beam surround portions.
- 6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said mounting pad defines an adhesive reservoir.
- 7. The head suspension of claim 6 wherein said adhesive reservoir is H shaped.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/423,587, filed Apr. 17, 1995, abandoned, which is a division of application Ser. No. 08/271,398, filed Jul. 6, 1994, now abandoned.
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