Patent ID: 7564651

Claim:
An apparatus for reducing vibrations in a storage device, the apparatus comprising: a rotational medium configured to bear perceivable information; an actuator arm; a suspension secured to a distal end of the actuator arm; a read/write head secured to a distal end of the suspension, the actuator arm configured to selectively position the read/write head over the rotational medium; an asymmetrical conduction path for bearing signals away from the read/write head, the asymmetrical conduction path connected to the read write head and extending from the head toward a proximal end of the actuator arm, the asymmetrical conduction path being asymmetrical with respect to the actuator arm, wherein a portion of the conduction path is disposed adjacent to a lateral side of the actuator arm; and a compensation member secured to the actuator arm, the compensation member comprising an elastic portion sized and positioned to compensate for at least one elastic attribute of the asymmetrical conduction path, the elastic portion extending longitudinally along a lateral side of the compensation member, the elastic portion positioned opposite the portion of the asymmetrical conduction path, the elastic portion having an elasticity that causes the elastic portion to dampen a vibration in the portion of the asymmetrical conduction path.