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Self-loading magnetic head air bearing slider

US4420780A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 17, 1981
Grant dateDec 13, 1983
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Expiry dateAug 17, 2001

Classification

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

Abstract

The air bearing surface of a self-loading magnetic head slider has two side rails and a recessed section therebetween. The air bearing surface has a cylindrical or parabolic crowned shape to effectuate very small spacing between the trailing end of the slider, which supports magnetic transducer means in flying relation to a moving magnetic medium.

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