Patent ID: 7245456
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A head support device for supporting a read and/or write head for recording information on and/or reproducing information from a recording medium that rotates around an axis of rotation of the recording medium, said head support device comprising: a base arm adapted to be pivotable about a first axis that is parallel to and spaced apart from the axis of rotation of the recording medium; a support arm coupled to said base arm and adapted to be pivotable about the first axis together with said base arm; a flexure fixed to said support arm; a slider to which the head is to be mounted, said slider being mounted to said flexure at a first end of said support arm; and a spring member coupling said support arm to said base arm for applying a thrust force to the head via said support arm and said flexure; wherein a pivot fulcrum arrangement is provided to pivotally mount said support arm for pivoting about a second axis relative to said base arm, said second axis being perpendicular to said first axis; and wherein said flexure is fixed to said support arm between a midpoint of a distance from said first end of said support arm to said pivot fulcrum arrangement and a midpoint of a distance from a second end of said support arm to said pivot fulcrum arrangement.