Patent ID: 6295184
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A head actuator mechanism comprising:a suspension supporting a magnetic head for recording and reading information with respect to a magnetic disk;an arm supporting the suspension;a support section which is rotatable around a predetermined rotational axis and supports the arm; anda driving section supported by the support section and arranged on a side opposite to the arm across the rotational axis, the driving section having a driving coil which generates a driving force for moving the magnetic head in a substantially radial direction of the magnetic disk, and an auxiliary driving section for depressing at least one of the resonances of the magnetic head resulting from the drive of the driving coil,whereinthe support section extends in a direction opposite to the arm across the rotational axis and has a holding frame supporting the driving coil, and the auxiliary driving section includes a piezo-electric element supported by the holding frame,the holding frame is molded of a resin integrally with the driving coil and the piezo-electric element, and holds the driving coil and the piezo-electric element, andthe piezo-electric element is arranged along one side surface of the driving coil, and the holding frame covers both longitudinal end portions of the piezo-electric element, a side edge portion on the driving coil side of the piezo-electric element, and the whole circumference of the driving coil.