A head suspension for a head/gimbal assembly comprises a flexure attached
to a load beam. The load beam includes a lifter tab configured to engage
a lifting surface of a load/unload ramp. The flexure includes a limiter
tab, extending from a trailing edge thereof, that is configured to engage
with a gimbal-limiting surface of the load/unload ramp. The limiter tab
comprises a metallic base layer, a metallic stiffening layer, and a
non-metallic intermediate layer disposed between the base and stiffening
layers. The stiffening layer can include both conductive traces that
terminate with a set of bonding pads and an appendage that extends along
a length of the limiter tab. The appendage portion of the stiffening
layer serves to increase the thickness of the limiter tab to increase the
stiffness of the limiter tab.