A disk drive suspension component for carrying a slider at a disk is
formed of a laminate of at least three metal layers of like mechanical
and chemical formability, including a first outer layer, a second outer
layer, and an intermediate layer, at least one of the layers having a
void-containing interior and a surface area having an undivided series of
local regions distributed across substantially the width and length
thereof with each local region equaling less than 10% of the surface
area. Each of the local regions have an overall pattern of
discontinuities and lands between the discontinuities substantially the
same as the overall pattern of discontinuities and lands in laterally and
longitudinally adjacent local regions for local attachment of the layers
at some and not all of the lands to adjacent layers to form a laminate
having common formability properties, high rigidity and light weight.