Patent · US Expired

Magnetic head air-bearing slider

US5097369A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 5, 1990
Grant dateMar 17, 1992
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Expiry dateSep 5, 2010

Classification

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

Abstract

A magnetic head has a slider provided with reading/writing elements wherein the slider has a recessed portion for generating a negative pressure at a surface so that the bottom surface of the recessed portion is slanted at a predetermined grade toward the surface at the side of an air in-flowing end, and the bottom surface terminates at an end of the slider at the side of an air discharging end.

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