Patent ID: 6597539
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A suspension assembly for supporting a slider assembly having a read/write transducer adjacent to a rotating storage disk, the suspension assembly comprising:an elongated loadbeam having a first end and a second end; a baseplate formed at the first end of the loadbeam, the baseplate having a central bore for enabling the loadbeam to be coupled to a head arm of a pivotable actuator assembly; and a gimbaled flexure portion coupled to the second end of the loadbeam for supporting the slider assembly over the rotating storage disk, the gimbaled flexure portion further comprising: a pair of thermal-expansion strips being coupled to the gimbaled flexure portion, each strip having a separate power source, wherein the power sources provide electrical current to the thermal-expansion strips for deforming the strips, the deformation of the thermal-expansion strips being transposed to the gimbaled flexure portion for bending the gimbaled flexure portion to dynamically adjust the flying height of the slider assembly.