Patent ID: 7859796

Claim:
A disk drive comprising: a head for performing either write or read of information to or from one or more disks; an arm configured to support said head; a flexible printed circuit board; a trace disposed on a top surface of said arm, the top surface is opposite to a confronting surface which confronts a recording surface of said one or more disks, one end of said trace being connected to said head, and an opposite end of said trace having a bend and connected to said flexible printed circuit board, wherein the bend of the trace is located at a pivot junction of the arm; and a force mechanism formed from a coil support to support a VCM coil and said arm, the force mechanism configured to prevent wafting of said trace from said top surface caused by said bend of the trace, said force mechanism having a pressure portion being spaced by a gap from the top surface, wherein the bend of said trace is inserted into said gap and maintained in a laid state by the pressure portion without being fixed using an adhesive.