HEAD-GIMBAL ASSEMBLY WITH REDUCED STATIC ATTITUDE BIAS

摘要

A head-gimbal assembly for flying a slider in close proximity to the moving surface of a storage medium such as a magnetic disc (16), substantially without the effects of static attitude bias, includes a flexure (32) and a slider (14) that are joined by an adhesive (64). The assembly further includes a spacer (62), encompassed by the adhesive (64), connecting the slider (14) and the flexure (32). The spacer (62) has a shape effective for providing a pivot between the flexure (32) and the slider (14) in a position to allow adhesive joining of them without disturbing any static attitude bias of the flexure (32) so that the slider (14) is adhesively joined to the flexure (32) for flying substantially without the effects of static attitude bias from the flexure (32).