Patent ID: 8064168

Claim:
A head stack assembly (HSA) comprising: an actuator including an actuator body and an actuator arm extending from the actuator body; a flex cable attached to the actuator; and a first head gimbal assembly (HGA) attached to the actuator arm, the first HGA including a load beam, a first laminated flexure attached to the load beam, and a head attached to the first laminated flexure; wherein the first laminated flexure includes a first flexure tail attached to the flex cable, the first flexure tail having a long axis approximately parallel to a side of the actuator arm; wherein the actuator arm includes a slot in the side, the slot having a slot end, the first flexure tail being disposed partially within the slot; wherein the first flexure tail includes a first raised region in contact with the slot adjacent the slot end, the first raised region including an out-of-plane bend with cross-sectional curvature along the long axis; wherein the first laminated flexure comprises a stainless steel layer, a dielectric layer, and a conductive layer, and wherein the stainless steel layer is present in the first raised region but the conductive layer is not; and wherein the dielectric layer is also not present in the first raised region.