Patent ID: 7746600

Claim:
An improved actuation system for positioning a slider carrying a transducing head, the actuation system of the type having a movable actuator arm, a head suspension, a microactuator, a flexure, a slider and a transducing head carried by the slider, the improvement comprising: an encapsulant comprised of a self assembled monolayer with a self limiting thickness of one layer of a molecule covers an exposed surface of a component selected from the group consisting of the microactuator, the slider, a disc spacer, surface mount components on a printed circuit card assembly, and ceramic components of the actuation system; wherein the self assembled monolayer is composed of an organosilane selected from the group consisting of octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS), octadecyldimethylchlorosilane, butyltrichlorosilane, perfluorodecyltrichlorosilane, alkylsiloxane, alkyl and perfluoroalkyl-trichlorosilane, dichlorosilane, alkene and alkyl ethoxy silanes, octadecyltriethoxysilane, alkylaminosilanes, and alkanethiols.