Patent ID: 8264797

Claim:
A head gimbal assembly (HGA) comprising: a read head having an air bearing surface and an opposing top surface; a load beam; a flexure attached to the load beam, the flexure including a tongue having a tongue major surface; a piezoelectric microactuator having a first side and an opposing second side, the first side facing and being generally parallel to the tongue major surface, wherein the first side comprises a plurality of anchor regions that extend radially from a center point, each of the plurality of anchor regions being bonded to the tongue, and a first plurality of non-bonded regions that are not bonded to the tongue, each of the first plurality of non-bonded regions lying between two of the plurality of anchor regions, and wherein the second side comprises a plurality of link regions that extend radially from the center point, each of the plurality of link regions being bonded to the top surface of the read head, and a second plurality of non-bonded regions that are not bonded to the top surface of the read head, each of the second plurality of non-bonded regions lying between two of the plurality of link regions, and wherein each of the plurality of link regions is angularly spaced between two of the plurality of anchor regions.