Patent ID: 9190086
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A dual stage actuator type suspension for a disk drive, the suspension comprising: a load beam; a gimbaled portion including a head slider, the gimbaled portion being attached in gimbaled fashion to the load beam so that the head slider pitches and rolls freely in response to surface irregularities in a surface of a data disk as the data disk travels underneath the head slider; a linear microactuator having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the linear microactuator being attached at its first end to a non-gimbaled portion of the suspension; and a connector having a first end and a second end, the first end of the connector being attached to the second end of the microactuator, and the second end of the connector being attached to the gimbaled portion of the suspension; wherein when the linear microactuator contracts, it pulls the connector which in turn pulls the gimbaled portion thereby rotating the gimbaled portion to effect fine movements of the head slider; and wherein there is horizontal clearance between the head slider and the connector such that the head slider does not contact the connector during a vertical shock event.