Patent ID: 6359758
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An assembly for finely positioning a slider carrying a transducing head with respect to a selected track of a rotatable recording disc in a disc drive, the disc drive including a movable actuator arm to effect coarse positioning of the slider, the assembly comprising;a suspension load beam having a proximal end connected to the actuator arm and a distal end for applying pre-load force to the slider; a flexure having a first end and a second end, the second end supporting the slider; a compliant joint attaching the first end of the flexure to the suspension load beam between the proximal end and the distal end; and a high resolution microactuator motor operatively coupled to the flexure and the suspension load beam to deform the compliant joint and thereby effect rigid body movement of the flexure with respect to the suspension load beam upon operation of the motor.