Patent ID: 7239486

Claim:
A disk drive actuator assembly, comprising: a comb having a pivot bore, a set of comb legs extending from the comb on one side of the pivot bore, and an arm extending from the comb opposite the active legs; a pivot mounted in the pivot bore of the comb and having an axis of rotation; a head gimbal assembly mounted to the arm of the comb and having a read/write head mounted on a distal end of the head gimbal assembly opposite the arm; a coil for a voice coil motor mounted to the comb between the comb legs, the coil having a set of active legs; a first nodal point of rotation of a second primary bending mode of the disk drive actuator assembly positioned adjacent the read/write head; and a second nodal point of rotation of the second primary bending mode positioned at a geometric center of the active legs of the coil.