Flexible polymeric resinous magnetic head supporting device

Claim 1

A magnetic head supporting device which comprises: a supporter having a resilient spring portion and a rigid beam portion contiguous to said resilient spring; a flexible member having one end attached to said supporter at a portion near a free end of said supporter; a loading projection provided at one of an upper surface of said flexible member and a lower surface of said supporter at a portion near the free end of said supporter to thereby transmit a loading force from the free end of said supporter to said flexible member; and a magnetic head having a slider with reading/writing elements connected thereto, the magnetic head being fixed to the lower surface of said flexible member, wherein said flexible member substantially exclusively comprises a plate of a polymeric resinous material positioned on the supporter and having conductors for wiring, said conductors are electrically connected to electrode for said reading/writing elements of the magnetic head, and wherein the plate of polymeric resinous material extends on the supporter along a longitudinal direction of the supporter, the conductors are embedded in the plate of polymeric resinous material and said plate has a free end portion extending to a lower portion of said rigid beam of said supporter.