Patent ID: 6943990

Claim:
An information recording/reproducing apparatus comprising: a head support mechanism including a head and a slider for carrying the head; main driving means for driving the head via the head support mechanism, wherein the head support mechanism further includes: a load beam; a member for supporting the slider, the member being coupled to one end of the load beam; a first thin plate formed on the member; a first driving sub-means including a first thin film which is affixed on the first thin plate; a second thin plate formed on the member, the second thin plate being different from the first thin plate; and a second driving sub-means including a second thin film which is affixed on the second thin plate, wherein the first and second driving sub-means are configured to be driven so that one of the first and second driving sub-means expands along a longitudinal direction of one of the first and second thin films while the other of the first and second driving sub-means shrinks along a longitudinal direction of the other of the first and second thin films, thereby causing a flexural deformation of each of the first and second thin plates such that a micro-movement of the head is performed along a tracking direction.