Patent ID: 6295185
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A suspension for supporting a transducer in a disc drive, the suspension comprising:a load beam having a main body;a transducer support element which is pivotally coupled to the main body through a flexural pivot;a sheet of dielectric material extending along the load beam;a plurality of conductive transducer signal traces which are carried by the sheet;a coil which is carried by the sheet;a lever arm extending along the load beam and secured to the transducer support element on a first side of the flexural pivot; anda microactuator coupled between the lever arm and the load beam on a second, opposite side of the flexural pivot and comprising a moving microactuator member and a stationary microactuator member, wherein the lever arm supports the moving microactuator member and the stationary microactuator member is secured relative to the load beam, and wherein each of the moving microactuator member and the stationary microactuator member comprises a respective one of a first magnet and the coil.