Patent ID: 8305714

Claim:
A voice-coil motor with voice coils configured to reduce vibrations of a head when data is accessed on a disk in a disk drive, said voice-coil motor comprising: at least one voice-coil-motor magnet; and a voice-coil assembly comprising: a first voice coil with an inner, outer, left, and right peripheral portion disposed in proximity to a magnetic pole of said voice-coil-motor magnet; and at least a second voice coil with an inner, outer, left, and right peripheral portion disposed in close proximity to said first voice coil such that said inner, outer, left, and right peripheral portions of said first voice coil substantially overlays said inner, outer, left, and right peripheral portions of said second voice coil; wherein said first voice coil and said second voice coil are configured to reduce vibrations of said head when data is accessed on a disk in said disk drive.