Patent ID: 9558768
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G11B

Claim:
1. A head gimbal assembly for a hard disk drive, comprising: a flexure comprising a planar surface and a standoff structure extending from said planar surface, wherein said standoff structure includes a monolithic element; and a slider adhered to said flexure with an adhesive such that said monolithic element is sandwiched between said planar surface and said slider and at least in part in contact with said slider; wherein said monolithic element is surrounded by said adhesive such that said monolithic element absorbs strain energy associated with curing of said adhesive; wherein said planar surface of said flexure has a proximal end, a distal end, a longitudinal direction corresponding to a length of said flexure and a transverse direction perpendicular to said longitudinal direction, and wherein said standoff structure further includes: wherein said monolithic element is positioned in the transverse direction approximately midway between said first longitudinal element and said second longitudinal element and positioned in the longitudinal direction between said distal end and midway along the length of said first longitudinal element and said second longitudinal element.