Patent ID: 7826177
Filing Date: 2010-11-02
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A flexure for supporting a head in a disk drive, the flexure comprising: a tongue including a head mounting surface for attaching the head; a first arm on a first side of the tongue, the first arm comprising a structural material and having a first cross-sectional area in a plane perpendicular to the head mounting surface, the first cross-sectional area having a first centroid; and a second arm on the first side of the tongue, the second arm comprising a layer of conductive material that is not the same as the structural material, the second arm not comprising any layer of the structural material, the second arm having a second cross-sectional area in the plane perpendicular to the head mounting surface, the second cross-sectional area having a second centroid, wherein the second centroid is not offset from the first centroid by more than 10 microns in a direction perpendicular to the head mounting surface.