Patent ID: 6545843
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk drive comprising:a housing having a base; a disk rotatably mounted in said housing and having a plurality of tracks; a negative pressure type head slider having a transducer for reading/writing data from/to said disk, an air inlet end, and an air outlet end; an actuator for moving said head slider across said tracks of said disk; means for controlling said actuator to load/unload said head slider with respect to said disk; and a ramp member fixed to said base for supporting said head slider unloaded; said actuator comprising: an actuator arm rotatably mounted to said base; and a head assembly mounted on a front end portion of said actuator arm; said head assembly comprising: a suspension; a gimbal formed integrally with said suspension and having a slider mounting portion; said head slider mounted on said slider mounting portion of said gimbal; and a supporting plate fixed to said suspension and having a pivot kept in contact with said slider mounting portion of said gimbal to support said head slider; said pivot supporting said head slider at a position shifted from the longitudinal center of said head slider toward said air outlet end by a distance less than 20% of the length of said head slider.