Patent ID: 6580687
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A device for positioning a transducing head over a selected track of a rotatable information disc, the device including a slider supporting the transducing head, a carrier supporting the slider, a drive for moving the carrier to effect coarse radial positioning of the transducing head with respect to said selected track and a microactuator to effect fine radial positioning of the transducing head with respect to said selected track, the slider being provided with a swinging element carrying the transducing head and the microactuator being arranged to move the swinging element wherein the swinging element is an internal tongue-shaped portion of the slider, the transducing head being secured to a free end part of said tongue-shaped portion, the tongue-shaped portion extending in a recess of the slider in which recess the tongue-shaped portion is swingable and in which recess the microactuator is provided.