Patent ID: 7612967

Claim:
A method comprising the step of: moving a slider ( 500 ) coupled to a flexure cable ( 200 ) through a slider mounting face ( 1010 ) coupled to an offset mounting face ( 1020 ) and coupled to at least one piezoelectric device ( 300 ), with said slider mounted to said slider mounting face by a mechanical coupling ( 960 ), with said offset mounting face for said piezoelectric device providing an asymmetry to said slider mounting face between a first contact region ( 1022 ) and a second contact region ( 1024 ) mechanically coupled ( 962 ) with said piezoelectric device, and with said flexure cable including said slider mounting face coupled to said offset mounting face and configured to provide electrical stimulus to a first terminal ( 306 ) and a second terminal ( 308 ) of said piezoelectric device, wherein the step of moving comprising the step of: applying a first potential difference by said flexure cable between said first terminal and said second terminal to electrically stimulate said piezoelectric device to contract to apply a first asymmetric force from between said first contact region and said second contact region and across said offset mounting face to move said slider in a first direction ( 1080 ) through said second mechanical coupling.