公开(公告)号：SG102642A1

公开(公告)日：2004-03-26

申请号：SG200106752

申请日：2001-11-05

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： TAKAO KIDACHI ,  TADAAKI TOMIYAMA ,  YOSHIO UEMATSU ,  HIROMI ISHIKAWA ,  TATSUSHI YOSHIDA ,  HIROYOSHI YOKOME ,  YUKIHIRO NAKAMURA ,  HISASHI OHYAMA ,  TATSUMI TSUCHIYA

IPC: G11B21/21 ,  G11B5/48 ,  G11B21/20 ,  G11B5/127 ,  G11B5/596

Abstract: A method of assembling a head gimbal assembly. The method comprises a series of steps which include: stacking a base plate, a load beam, and a flexure to form a three-layered stacked series with at least a bottom layer being a base plate series; joining portions of the load beam to the base plate, and the flexure to the load beam in the three-layered stacked series to make a suspension section; attaching a slider to the flexure in the suspension section to make a head gimbal assembly; load-bending a hinge portion formed in the head gimbal assembly; and heating the hinge portion in order to adjust a bending load on the hinge portion at a predetermined bending angle to a predetermined value.