A head suspension provided with a plate welding structure relaxes a laser
beam positioning accuracy, improves a mass production ability, suppresses
the generation of spattered matter, and prevents the deformation of
plates during welding.The head suspension (1) has a base plate (3) to be
attached to a carriage and a load beam (5) having a rigid part (9) and a
resilient part (11). The load beam is supported by the base plate and
applies load on a slider that is arranged at a front end of the load
beam. A reinforcing plate (25) is laid over the base plate, and a laser
beam is emitted to a weld spot to weld the reinforcing plate and base
plate together. The reinforcing plate is provided with thin parts (29)
each containing the weld spot. Each thin part is irradiated with a laser
beam to weld the base plate and reinforcing plate together.