Patent ID: 7889459

Claim:
A head stack assembly (HSA) for a hard disk drive (HDD), comprising: a swing arm rotatably coupled to a base member of the HDD; a connection plate coupled to an edge part of the swing arm, wherein the connection plate is biased towards the center of a disk platter of the HDD relative to the edge part of the swing arm; a head suspension component comprising first and second combination parts attached to the connection plate, wherein the first combination part is closer to the center of the disk platter than the second combination part and is attached to the connection plate in a first position, and the second combination part is attached to the connection plate in a second position higher than the first position, wherein the head suspension further comprises a spacer disposed between at least one of the first and second combination parts and the connection plate to augment a height difference between the first and second combination parts; and a head slider comprising a magnetic read/write head and attached to an edge part of the head suspension component.