Patent ID: 7433156

Claim:
A flexure mounted slider for use in a hard disk drive comprising: a load beam having a longitudinal axis of symmetry and a lower surface facing a hard disk; a flexure, affixed to the lower surface of said load beam, longitudinally aligned with said load beam and extending longitudinally along said load beam from said affixation, said flexure including a laterally separated, longitudinally extending pair of outriggers, a pair of crossbars formed on the distal ends of said outriggers, extending transversely to said outriggers and aligned along a common transverse axis that also passes through a slider bonding pad formed integrally with said crossbars, said crossbars being highly compliant to twisting in a pitch direction; a first layer of insulation formed on said flexure portion; a set of patterned electrically conducting traces formed on said first layer of insulation and routed along said flexure portion; a second layer of insulation formed at least partially over said traces; a slider, having a center of percussion and an ABS, positioned over said first layer of insulation and affixed to said bonding pad at a surface opposite said ABS, the center of percussion of said slider being substantially directly vertically below said point of affixation, which point is substantially along said transverse axis, and a longitudinal axis of symmetry of the slider being aligned with the longitudinal axis of symmetry of said load beam; and, wherein a protruding dimple formed on the underside of said load beam contacts said slider or contacts a point on said flexure above said slider.