Patent ID: 7460339

Claim:
A rotating disk storage device comprising: a rotating disk storage medium; an actuator head suspension assembly with a head/slider mounted thereon and having a plurality of adjacent to-be-engaged portions, said actuator head suspension assembly being pivotable in both first and second directions; a member configured to restrict a pivoting range of said actuator head suspension assembly in the first direction; an inertia member configured to operate upon exertion of a shock on said rotating disk storage device; and a latch member having a single engaging portion configured to latch either of said plural to-be-engaged portions in a retraction area to restrict a pivotal movement of said actuator head suspension assembly in the second direction, said latch member being configured to operate upon receipt of force from the moving inertia member and cause said engaging portion to move up to a latching position, wherein each of the plural to-be-engaged portions open at an angle in the pivoting direction of said actuator head suspension assembly; wherein said actuator head suspension assembly is able to pivotally move in the first direction even while engaged with the latch member.