Patent ID: 6624980
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk drive comprising:(a) a disk; (b) an actuator arm; (c) a head attached to a distal end of the actuator arm; (d) a voice coil motor for rotating the actuator arm to position the head radially over the disk; (e) a flex circuit having a first end and a second end, the first end coupled to the actuator arm; (f) a parking latch for latching the actuator arm in a latched position in order to park the head during a non-operating mode; (g) an inertial latch for maintaining the actuator arm in the latched position when the disk drive is subjected to a physical shock, the inertial latch comprising a body having a protruding arm and defining a pivot axis; and (h) a support member coupled to the base, the support member comprising: a connecting surface connected to the second end of the flex circuit; and a restraining member connected to the body of the inertial latch proximate the pivot axis, wherein the restraining member vertically restrains the inertial latch.