Patent ID: 8331060
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: G11B,H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A head suspension comprising: a base plate; a load beam; a hinge member through which the load beam is longitudinally attached to the base plate along a longitudinal direction of the base plate; a flexure attached to the load beam to support a magnetic head; an opening formed through the base plate between a base part and a front part of the base plate in the longitudinal direction of the load beam, a piezoelectric element disposed in the opening and having front and rear portions thereof respectively attached to the front and rear supports at the respective front and rear ends of the opening by a nonconductive adhesive so that the piezoelectric element minutely moves the magnetic head relative to and in a widthwise direction of the head suspension according to deformation occurring on the piezoelectric element in response to power being applied to the piezoelectric element,