Magnetic head supporting mechanism with regulating member which prevents over angulation of the slider support
View Patent ↗A magnetic-head supporting mechanism includes a slider having a chamfered bleed portion, a mounting portion on which the slider is mounted, a flexible finger portion extending in a longitudinal direction and supporting the mounting portion, a load beam extending in the longitudinal direction that connects at an end to a positioning mechanism, and that applies a load to the slider, and a regulating member extending from the load beam in the longitudinal direction for preventing change of an attitude of the slider when an angular attitude of the slider exceeds a predetermined angle. The regulating member extends over and above the flexible finger portion and over and above the slider and has an end in the longitudinal direction at a position approximately equal to an end of the flexible finger portion in the longitudinal direction.
1. A magnetic-head supporting mechanism comprising:
a slider;
a mounting portion on which the slider is mounted;
a gimbal extending in a longitudinal direction that supports the mounting portion and that has a flexible finger portion;
a load beam extending in the longitudinal direction that connects at an end to a positioning mechanism, and that applies a load to the slider; and
a roof member extending in the longitudinal direction from the load beam over and above the flexible finger portion of the gimbal and over and above the slider;
wherein an end of the roof member in the longitudinal direction extends approximately equal to an end of the gimbal and a width of the roof member in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction is equal to a width of the gimbal.
2. A magnetic-head supporting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein a movement of the slider is limited by contacting a lower surface of the roof member and the flexible finger portion.
3. A magnetic-head supporting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the load beam has at its tip a constricted portion.
4. A magnetic-head supporting mechanism comprising:
a slider;
a mounting portion on which the slider is mounted;
a gimbal extending in a longitudinal direction that supports the mounting portion and that has a flexible finger portion;
a load beam extending in the longitudinal direction that connects at an end to a positioning mechanism, and that applies a load to the slider; and
a roof member extending in the longitudinal direction from the load beam over and above the flexile finger portion and over and above the slider;
wherein a width of the roof member a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction is equal to a width of the gimbal, and wherein the roof member extends in the longitudinal direction approximately as far as the top of the gimbal in the longitudinal direction.
5. A magnetic-head supporting mechanism according to claim 4 , wherein a movement of the slider is limited by contacting a lower surface of the roof member and the flexible finger portion.
6. A magnetic-head supporting mechanism according to claim 4 , wherein the load beam has at its tip a constricted portion having a pivot.
7. A magnetic-head supporting mechanism according to claim 6 , wherein the load beam has two openings extending through the load beam at positions within the load beam which are spaced from a peripheral outer edge surface of the load beam and in proximity to the pivot which enable viewing of a back surface of the mounting portion which is opposite to a surface of the mounting portion.
8. A magnetic-head supporting mechanism according to claim 6 , wherein the load beam has two openings formed therein in proximity to the pivot which enable viewing of the back surface of the mounting portion which is opposite to a surface of the mounting portion.
9. A magnetic-head supporting mechanism according to claim 4 , wherein the roof member extends in the longitudinal direction from the tip of the load beam.
10. A magnetic-head supporting mechanism according to claim 4 , wherein the roof member has a predetermined gap from the gimbal being provided on the tip side of the constricted portion of the load beam.