Patent ID: 7505231

Claim:
A disk drive comprising: an actuator comprising: an actuator body defining an axis of rotation; a coil; a wrap-around support extending from the actuator body radially beyond the coil with respect to the axis of rotation without encircling the coil; and a tang supported by the wrap-around support, the coil positioned radially between the tang and the axis of rotation; wherein the actuator body, the wrap-around support, and the tang are all a single component comprising a metal material having material continuity rather than an assembly of subcomponents; the disk drive further comprising a first crash stop, the actuator being rotatable between first and second positions, the tang being disposed at the first crash stop with the actuator in the first position; wherein the first crash stop includes a latch, the tang including a latching element, the latching element being engaged with the latch with the actuator in the first position.