Patent ID: 6452755
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A structure for supporting a slider from a suspension arm, the structure comprising:a microactuator suspension for supporting the slider from the suspension arm, the microactuator suspension comprising: a suspension arm attachment pad; at least one microbeam extending from the suspension arm attachment pad, wherein the microbeam has a width, a height measured substantially normal to the width and a length greater than both the height and the width, wherein the microbeam comprises: a web running along the length of the microbeam, the web being narrower than the width of the microbeam; and a flange running along the length of the microbeam, the flange attached to the web and wider than the web, the flange defining the width of the microbeam; and a slider attachment pad connected to microbeam, wherein the microbeam is adapted to support at least part of a preload force placed on the slider attachment pad relative to the suspension arm attachment pad and directed substantially normal to the length, the microbeam rendering the microactuator suspension flexible in a transverse direction while supporting a preload force on the slider in a vertical direction normal to the transverse direction.