Patent ID: 8085508

Claim:
A suspension for a hard disk drive, comprising: a load beam having a longitudinal axis extending in a longitudinal direction x, and defining a lateral direction y that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction x, and a transverse direction z that is orthogonal to both the longitudinal and lateral directions x, y, the load beam having a load beam dimple that defines a dimple axis extending in the transverse direction z; a flexure mounted to the load beam and having a tongue with a leading edge portion and a slider attachment platform that is longitudinally spaced apart from the leading edge portion; a slider mounted to the slider attachment platform and having a freedom of rotation about the dimple axis; traces extending along the flexure and in electrical communication with the slider, the traces having trace outrigger portions that are outboard of the tongue in the lateral direction; and a microactuator located in the tongue of the flexure and extending between the leading edge portion and the slider attachment platform, such that the microactuator selectively rotates the slider about the dimple axis.