Patent ID: 7872834

Claim:
A head suspension having a longitudinal center line axis, comprising: a proximal mounting region having a first side, a second side opposite the first side from the center line axis, a first outer edge on the first side, a second outer edge on the second side, a distal end portion and a proximal end portion separated from the distal end portion by transverse slots extending into the first and second sides from the first and second outer edges, a linkage extending between the distal and proximal end portions at an asymmetric position with respect to the center line axis only on the first side at a location spaced from the first outer edge, first and second major surfaces defining a plane therebetween, and a single microactuator slot extending from the first major surface to the second major surface between the distal and proximal end portions at an asymmetric position with respect to the center line axis only on the second side; a single microactuator located within the microactuator slot substantially in the plane of the mounting region to provide a pseudosymmetric configuration; a microactuator support structure for fixedly coupling the microactuator to the distal and proximal end portions of the mounting region on the second side of the mounting region; a load beam coupled to the distal end portion of the mounting region; and a flexure attached to and supported by the load beam for supporting a magnetic head slider.