Patent ID: 7684154

Claim:
A gimbal mounted slider comprising: a gimbal including a ramp limiter extending distally therefrom and formed as two substantially parallel and separated arms of substantially trapezoidal shape wherein outside edges of the arms converge toward one another from their proximal ends to distal ends to define the substantially trapezoidal shape; a transverse bar formed between and connecting said arms, said bar being positioned approximately adjacent to, but not in contact with a distal edge of a slider mounting pad whereby a space is formed between said bar and said distal edge; a slider mounted on said mounting pad, said slider including solder ball connections formed on a distal surface thereof and said slider pad extending proximally between a pair of separated outrigger elements that form the lateral periphery of said gimbal; a pair of conducting traces connected to said solder ball connections, each of said pair of conducting traces being routed transversely outward from said connections with a maximal length, while minimally overlapping with said transverse bar, to contact an outrigger and each of said pair of traces first being routed distally partially across said transverse bar and thence being routed in a proximal direction along a space between a lateral edge of said mounting pad and an inner edge of an adjacent outrigger; and a pair of trace support tabs, one tab extending transversely inward from the inner edge of each outrigger element, whereby each trace contacts a pad.