Patent ID: 8194355

Claim:
A head stack assembly (HSA), comprising: an actuator; a flex cable attached to the actuator, the flex cable including a hole therethrough, a first side, and an opposing second side, a head gimbal assembly (HGA) attached to the actuator, the HGA including a load beam; a laminated flexure attached to the load beam, the laminated flexure including a plurality of layers; and a head attached to the laminated flexure; wherein the laminated flexure includes a first snap-through feature, the first snap-through feature including: a snap-through feature central portion that comprises a portion of at least one of the plurality of layers; a plurality of windows in the laminated flexure, the snap-through feature central portion being centric to the plurality of windows; and a plurality of lobes, each lobe extending out from the snap-through feature central portion radially into one of the plurality of windows; and wherein the laminated flexure overlies and contacts the flex cable on the first side, but the first snap-through feature is disposed through the hole in the flex cable so that each of the plurality of lobes contacts the flex cable on the second side.