The pitch static attitude of a slider in an integrated lead suspension head gimbal
assembly of a disk drive is controlled at the manufacturing stage. The integrated
lead suspension includes a load beam, a mount plate, a hinge and a flexure made
out of a multi-layer material. The flexure legs and the outrigger leads are simultaneously
plastically deformed to define the pitch static attitude. The flexure legs and
the outrigger leads are deformed at approximately the same longitudinal location.