Patent ID: 7903377

Claim:
A disk drive, comprising: a base; a disk rotatably mounted to the base and having media for storing data; an actuator movably mounted to the base adjacent the disk, the actuator having a head for reading data from the disk; a controller for controlling operations of the disk and the actuator; a flexible cable extending from the base to the actuator for carrying signals from the controller to the head; a damper mounted adjacent to and free of contact with the flexible cable for providing reducing random transient vibration of the flexible cable during operation of the actuator, the damper also extending from the base to the actuator and having no conductors; and both the flexible cable and the damper are attached to the actuator via an integrated lead suspension tail extending from the actuator, the damper comprises a substrate and a constraint layer, and the constraint layer is free of contact with the integrated lead suspension tail.