Patent ID: 7440236

Claim:
Apparatus for providing physical access to one side of a piezoelectric motor when mounted on a head suspension and for electrically isolating the piezoelectric motor from the head suspension and for electrically connecting to one of the first and second major surfaces of the piezoelectric motor via the physical access wherein the head suspension has a load beam oriented in a primary plane parallel to the major surfaces of the piezoelectric motor, the apparatus comprising: a. an insulating layer located on the head suspension; b. a conductive pad layer located on the insulating layer and having a first conductive pad aligned with and located under and forming a first electrical connection with at least a portion of the first major surface of the piezoelectric motor and a second conductive pad located adjacent the piezoelectric motor wherein at least a portion of the second major surface of the piezoelectric motor is physically exposed after the motor is mounted to the first conductive surface by its first major surface; c. a second electrical connection between the second conductive pad and the second major surface of the piezoelectric motor via the physical access to the second major surface such that the piezoelectric motor is electrically insulated from the head suspension and the first and second major surfaces of the piezoelectric motor are each electrically connectable from the same side of the head suspension by an electrical conductor forming the second electrical connection physically connected to the second conductive pad and the physically exposed portion of the second major surface of the piezoelectric motor.