A suspension includes a flexure constituted by a metal plate member, for
supporting a head slider provided with at least one head element, a load
beam provided with a top end section and constituted by a metal plate
member, for supporting the flexure at the top end section, and an
individual FPC member attached to the flexure and the load beam and
provided with trace conductors to be electrically connected to the at
least one head element of the head slider. The FPC member includes a
plurality of via holes provided with metal fillers filled therein, the
metal fillers in the respective via holes are welded to the flexure
and/or the load beam, and the FPC member is fixed to the flexure and/or
the load beam at least by means of the welding.