Patent ID: 8248736

Claim:
A disk drive suspension comprising: a base section secured to an arm of a carriage of a disk drive; a load beam on which a slider of a magnetic head is located; and a microactuator mounting section disposed between the base section and the load beam, the microactuator mounting section comprising a plate portion comprising a stationary part secured to the base section and a movable part secured to the load beam, and a microactuator element contained in an element accommodation portion defined between the stationary part and the movable part of the plate portion, one end portion of the microactuator element being secured to the stationary part, the other end portion of the microactuator element being secured to the movable part, the plate portion comprising a pair of arm portions formed individually on opposite side portions of the plate portion, connecting the stationary part and the movable part, and deformable transversely relative to the plate portion, and slits defined individually inside the arm portions between the stationary part and the movable part, each said arm portion comprising a first extending portion extending longitudinally relative to the load beam from a front end of the stationary part of the plate portion toward the movable part, and a second extending portion extending transversely inward relative to the plate portion from the first extending portion so as to be continuous with the movable part in a position nearer to the microactuator element than the first extending portion.