Head gimbal assembly flexure arm displacement limiter

摘要

A disc drive head gimbal assembly includes a load beam, a gimbal, a disc head slider carrying a tranducing element and a displacement limiter. The load beam has a distal end, a cross member extending across an opening at the distal end, and a load point on the cross member. The gimbal includes a flexure arm to which the disc head slider is mounted for pitch and roll motion about the load point. The displacement limiter includes a pair of first limiter members attached to the cross member adjacent the load point and a pair of second limiter members attached to the gimbal. Each of the second limiter members are positioned to engage one of the first limiter members to limit the vertical displacement of the disc head slider relative to the load beam.