Patent ID: 7614136

Claim:
A method, comprising: producing a framing assembly pattern for a micro-actuator from a thin planar piece of material, the framing assembly pattern including: a base piece to be coupled to the head gimbal assembly; a first arm; and a second arm; bending the first arm into a position perpendicular to the base piece; bending a first support into a position perpendicular to the first arm, the first support to be coupled to a connection plate to electrically couple a magnetic head to a printed circuit assembly; bending the second arm into a position perpendicular to the base piece; bending a second support for the connection plate into a position perpendicular to the second arm, wherein the first arm extends continuously to attach to the base piece to the first support, and the second arm extends continuously to attach to the base piece, and wherein the first and second arms continuously extend perpendicularly to the base, the first support and the second support; and coupling a magnetic read/write head to the framing assembly to form ‘U’-shaped micro actuator.