Patent ID: 7023667
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk drive having a suspension, said suspension comprising: a mount plate for mounting to an actuator arm; a functional end portion for carrying a slider; hinge beams disposed between said mount plate and said functional end portion; a mounting configuration on said mount plate for mounting said suspension to said actuator arm; a pair of actuator receiving gaps in said mount plate that are each defined at one end by a static actuator support region and at another end by a rotational element adapted to rotate under action of an actuator, each of said rotational elements having a free end operatively connected to one of said hinge beams; said actuator receiving gaps being in overlapping longitudinal relationship with said mounting configuration and being open between said static actuator support region and said rotational elements so as to allow said rotational elements to rotate about a central portion of said mount plate; and a pair of actuators arranged in said actuator receiving gaps so as to span said open portions thereof and in overlapping longitudinal relationship with said mounting configuration and operatively connected to said hinge beams, said actuators being adapted to produce sway displacement of said functional end portion.