Patent ID: 8289659

Claim:
A disk drive, comprising: a slider comprising a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, wherein the slider comprises: a slider body; a magnetic head element in the slider body; a first microthermal actuator in the slider body; and a second microthermal actuator in the slider body, wherein the first microthermal actuator is positioned relative to the magnetic head element such that the magnetic head element is translated generally along the horizontal axis in a first direction by expansion of the slider body proximate the first microthermal actuator due to heat from the first microthermal actuator when the first microthermal actuator is activated; and a controller connected to the first and second microthermal actuators for individually controlling the first and second microthermal actuators, wherein the controller is for controlling the first microthermal actuator to adjust a cross-track position of the magnetic head element based on a detected cross-track position of the magnetic head element.