Patent ID: 7230799

Claim:
A micromechanical actuator for a storage device, comprising: a read/write slider; a movable member formed as an integral part of the read/write slider; and an electro-thermal actuator element in contact with the movable member, to effect relative positioning of the read/write slider, wherein the movable member further comprises a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end is integrally attached to the slider body and the distal end freely stands with respect to the slider body, and, wherein the movable member further comprises an integral, elongated portion of the slider body defined at the distal end by a leading edge of the slider body, defined at a top end by the top of the slide body, defined at a bottom by a trench having the shape of a curved plane extending laterally through the slider body and extending from a first side member to a second side, the movable member attached at the proximal end to the slider body.