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Magnetic head slider assembly

US4218715A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 12, 1979
Grant dateAug 19, 1980
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Expiry dateMar 12, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/6005
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A self-loading slider for a magnetic head assembly is formed with an air bearing surface having spaced rails and a negative pressure region between the rails. Shallow recesses or reliefs are formed in the rails so that ambient pressure is substantially maintained in the areas of such recesses along the rails. The slider is relatively insensitive to skew and disk curvature due to flutter or static deformation.

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