Patent ID: 7751153

Claim:
A microactuated suspension assembly comprising: a suspension having a slider mounted proximate a distal end thereof, the suspension further having a recessed portion and a non-recessed surface; a microactuator having a grounding surface and a voltage surface; and an electrical trace electrically connected to the slider and disposed along the non-recessed surface of the suspension; wherein: the microactuator is disposed in the recessed portion of the suspension such that the microactuator grounding surface is substantially abutting the recessed portion of the suspension and is grounded thereto, and the microactuator voltage surface is disposed at substantially the same level as the non-recessed surface of the suspension; and a microactuator voltage lead extends from the electrical trace and is electrically connected to the microactuator voltage surface such that the electrical trace, the microactuator voltage lead, the microactuator voltage surface, and the non-recessed surface of the suspension all lie at substantially the same level.