Patent ID: 8018686

Claim:
A head gimbal assembly, comprising: a suspension including a suspension flexure located at one end of the suspension, the suspension flexure including a tongue region with a top region and a bottom region; at least one micro-actuator mounted to a micro-actuator mounting region of the tongue region of the suspension flexure, the micro-actuator mounting region being separated from the bottom region; at least one support formed on the micro-actuator mounting region, such that the support increases the rigidity of the suspension flexure; and a slider having a leading edge and a trailing edge, the slider being substantially fully mounted on an insulating layer of the suspension tongue region such that the leading edge of the slider is mounted on the bottom region of the tongue region and the trailing edge of the slider is mounted on the top region of the tongue region, wherein a separation interval is formed between the micro-actuator and the slider in the direction parallel to the micro-actuator mounting region.