Patent ID: 7466520

Claim:
A suspension comprising: a load beam having a leading portion and a trailing portion; a gimbal mounted to the leading portion of the load beam, and having a fixed section and a rotor section connected together by a displacement lever assembly, said rotor section having a first pad and said rotor section having a second pad, wherein the displacement lever assembly is configured to translate a linear displacement of the first pad to a differing displacement of the second pad; and a piezoelectric element attached to the first pad and extending across the second pad, wherein the displacement lever assembly includes a lever arm and is configured such that with linear displacement of the first pad, a first end of the lever arm experiences a displacement that is different from a displacement of a second end of the lever arm, further wherein the first pad, the second pad, and the lever arm are movably connected to the fixed section, wherein the first end of the lever arm is connected to the fixed section, and the second pad defines a plurality of sides, the displacement lever assembly further comprising: a first leg extending from the second end of the lever arm to a first side of the second pad; and a second leg extending from a second side of the second pad to the fixed section.