Patent ID: 7046486

Claim:
A micro-flexure for use in an actuator of a disk drive, said micro-flexure comprising: a base section forming a most distally extending portion of said micro-flexure; a tongue section extending proximally from said base section and said tongue section having a peripheral edge; a pair of reinforcing legs formed on opposing lateral sides of said micro-flexure and having a height extending away from said base section and tongue section; a transverse support interconnecting adjacent ends of said pair of reinforcing legs; a pair of piezoelectric elements, one element of said pair of piezoelectric elements being mounted on each reinforcing leg of said pair of reinforcing legs; said tongue section being offset from said transverse support by a gap that extends between the tongue section and the transverse support; and means attached to said micro-flexure for providing voltage to said pair of piezoelectric elements wherein a desired voltage applied to said piezoelectric elements causes deformation of said pair of reinforcing legs thereby providing movement of said micro-flexure in a transverse direction for secondary actuation.