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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2001
Tatsuhiko Inagaki, Osaka, JP;
Hideki Kuwajima, Kyoto, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
A head actuator includes a head slider for carrying a head for recording information to or reproducing information from a recording medium; and a head supporting member for supporting the head slider. The head supporting member includes a substrate and a driving element provided on at least one surface of the substrate for generating an expanding and contracting force in a longitudinal direction in accordance with an external signal, wherein the external signal is applied to the driving element so as to expand or contract the head supporting member in the longitudinal direction and to position the head in a radial direction of the recording medium. The head supporting member includes a first area on which the head slider is provided, a second area on which the driving element is provided, and a third area for connecting the first area and the second area. The driving element has a geometrically central face. The head supporting member has a first neutral face in the second area and a second neutral face in the third area. The second neutral face is on the same side as the geometrically central face with respect to the first neutral face.