Patent ID: 8797689

Claim:
A disk drive comprising: a disk drive base; a spindle attached to the disk drive base; a disk mounted on the spindle; a first actuator pivotally attached to the disk drive base, the first actuator including a conductive coil and an actuator arm; and a head suspension assembly comprising a mounting plate attached to the actuator arm; a load beam attached to and extending from the mounting plate in a longitudinal direction; a first piezoelectric element disposed within a first piezoelectric element receiving window in the mounting plate; wherein the load beam includes a first etched region that is elongated in a transverse direction that is transverse to the longitudinal direction, the first etched region neighboring the first piezoelectric element and being disposed closer to the actuator arm than is the first piezoelectric element; and a read head supported by the load beam and disposed adjacent a surface of the disk.