Air bearing slider having a longitudinal groove in surface remote from recording medium
US5220471A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 26, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 26, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/6005
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A thin film magnetic head comprises a slider and a reading/writing element attached to an end surface of the slider, wherein the reading/writing element is disposed at an end surface in the longitudinal direction of the slider when the longitudinal direction and the width direction are determined on the surface which faces a magnetic recording medium, of the slider, and the slider has a linear groove in the surface opposite the surface which faces the magnetic recording medium, at the intermediate portion in the width direction of the slider and along the longitudinal direction.
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