Patent ID: 7724479

Claim:
A hard disk drive, comprising: a disk base; a spindle motor mounted on said disk base and rotatably coupled to at least one disk to create at least one rotating disk surface; a head stack assembly mounted by an actuator pivot to said disk base, with said head stack assembly including a head stack comprising at least one actuator arm coupled to a slider and configured to position said slider near a track on said rotating disk surface, with said actuator arm including an actuator notch made from an actuator arm base, a first actuator arm bridge and a second actuator arm bridge, and said actuator arm further comprising an island coupling through a mote to at least two members of the group consisting of: said actuator base, said first actuator arm bridge, and said second actuator arm bridge, with said mote not surrounding said island; wherein said head stack assembly is configured by said actuator arm to improve dampening of mechanical shock.