Patent ID: 8169749

Claim:
A method for providing post-assembly adjustment of a head/disk offset, said method comprising: coupling an adjustable pivot plate directly to a base portion of a hard disk drive housing comprising at least one disk; providing access to at least a portion of said adjustable pivot plate such that an adjustment to said adjustable pivot plate may be made regardless of a state of assembly of said hard disk drive; receiving an actuator having a suspension for reaching over the disk, the suspension having a slider coupled therewith, said slider having a read/write head element on a trailing edge (TE) portion; and coupling said actuator directly to said adjustable pivot plate without modifying the actuator or requiring any additional components between the actuator and the adjustable pivot plate, such that an adjustment performed on said adjustable pivot plate will result in an adjustment to an offset between said read/write head element and a surface of said disk regardless of the state of assembly of said hard disk drive.