Patent ID: 7787218

Claim:
A data storage device comprising: a head accessing a recording area of a medium; a ramp having an unloading position to which the head is unloaded from a surface of the medium; and an actuator pivoting around a pivot shaft to unload the head to the unloading position and load the head to a position above the surface of the medium from the unloading position; wherein the actuator includes a load beam having a head support portion for supporting the head and a tab provided on the side opposite to the pivot shaft with respect to the head support portion and adapted to come into contact with the ramp; the load beam further includes a flange formed to be bent and continuously from a front end of the tab up to both ends in the pivotal direction of the head support portion; and a portion offset from the center of the tab in the pivotal direction comes into contact with a inclined surface of the ramp; wherein the head support portion and the tab form an angle that bends the tab towards the surface of the medium.