A suspension assembly of an actuator of a hard disk drive prevents
collisions with a data storage disk of the drive. The suspension assembly
includes a load beam, a bracket having a rear end at which the bracket is
coupled to the load beam and a flexure, a slider that is attached to the
bracket and carries the read/write head of the hard disk drive, and a
limiting mechanism capable of selectively attaching and detaching a
respective portion of the bracket to and from the load beam during
operation. The load beam has a dimple projecting toward the bracket and
which normally contacts a first surface of the bracket. The slider is
attached to a second surface of the bracket opposite the first surface.
The limiting mechanism attaches a portion of the bracket bearing the
slider to the load beam when the read/write head is unloaded from the
disk. Therefore, the wobbling of the slider is suppressed during the
unloading operation. On the other hand, the portion of the bracket
bearing the slider is detached from the load beam during a read/write
operation to allow the slider to pitch and roll more freely about the
dimple.