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Slider for inhibiting stiction and with backbar

US5708540A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 1995
Grant dateJan 13, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 20, 2015

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

Abstract

Salient embodiments comprise magnetic recording sliders whose record-confronting face is characterized by two or three rails wherein stiction forces are counter-acted by provision of "boss means" on one or several rails, or therebetween; and also characterized by provision of "back-bar means" and associated purge channel means; and methods for rendering such are also described.

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