Method of adapting slider to include back-bar
US5220470A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 10, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 10, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/54
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of adapting a magnetic recording slider having a shallow "flying cavity" on its media-confronting face to exhibit "self-purging", better stability and increased stiffness, this method including: providing a back bar across the trailing face of the cavity, with a purge channel in the back-bar to purge the cavity of gas and associated contaminants.
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