Patent ID: 7881017

Claim:
A fly height control apparatus for supporting a magnetic recording transducer comprising: a trifurcated slider; a single piezoelectric transducer which is coupled to a surface of a central trifurcation of said trifurcated slider, wherein said surface is opposite and parallel to an air bearing surface of said trifurcated slider, and wherein said piezoelectric transducer is configured to control the fly height of a magnetic recording transducer coupled with said central trifurcation during a data transfer operation by urging said central trifurcation out of plane of an air bearing surface of said trifurcated slider; and an electrical coupling means for coupling said piezoelectric transducer to a suspension, wherein said electrical coupling means comprise: at least one suspension conductor provided with said suspension; at least one first electrical coupling terminus positioned on a backside surface and leading edge of at least one non-central trifurcation of said trifurcated slider, wherein an internal conductor couples said at least one first electrical coupling terminus with said single piezoelectric transducer; at least one second electrical coupling terminus positioned on a suspension base of said suspension and electrically coupled with said at least on first electrical coupling terminus; and a flexible suspension conductor of said at least one suspension conductor configured for electrically and flexibly coupling said magnetic recording transducer with said suspension base.