Patent ID: 7907368

Claim:
A head gimbal assembly, comprising: a slider with a magnetic head having a set of read elements to read data and a set of write elements to write data, said slider having an air-bearing surface and a non-air-bearing surface opposing said air-bearing surface; and a suspension to support said slider and maintain a spacing between said slider and a magnetic data storage medium, said suspension comprising: a loadbeam coupled to an actuator arm; a flexure coupled to said loadbeam and said slider, said flexure having an exposed portion through which a dimple coupled to said loadbeam contacts a dimple contact point; a plurality of polyimide standoffs located between said flexure and said slider, wherein said dimple contact point is located on a surface of said plurality of polyimide standoffs; and a substantially rigid balancing weight, coupled to said flexure, having a configuration to permit a center of mass of said head gimbal assembly to align with said dimple contact point wherein said configuration comprises at least one component coupled to said flexure and perpendicular to both a longitudinal axis of said flexure and the plane of said flexure.