Magnetic read/write head assembly configured with bleed slots passing through rails to stabilize flexible medium while attaining low fly heighs with respect thereto
US5636085A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 3, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jun 3, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/6005
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A magnetic read/write assembly for a flexible disk drive has rails with slots between the ends thereof. These slots provide an air bleed in the air bearing surface of the rails. The air bleed capacity of the slots, the width of the rails and the load force applied by flexures provide optimal width of the rails for stabilizing the media while maintaining a low fly height of the electro-magnetic elements on the media.
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