Patent ID: 6445545
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An apparatus for use in reducing transducer head off-track displacement in a disk drive wherein the transducer head is carried over a disk surface by an actuator arm, said apparatus comprising:a slider body for carrying said transducer head, said slider body having a lower surface and an upper surface on an opposite side of said slider body from said lower surface, wherein said transducer head is disposed adjacent to said lower surface, and said lower surface faces said disk surface; a load beam for use in supportably interconnecting said slider body to said actuator arm; and a gimbal structure for forming an interconnection between said slider body and said load beam such that said slider body is pivotable relative to a first pivot axis, wherein said gimbal structure does not overlap said upper surface; said interconnection between said slider body and said load beam being configured such that said first pivot axis is located between said lower surface of said slider body and said upper surface of said slider body, and said first pivot axis is located closer to said lower surface than to said upper surface.