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Head slider with partially recessed magnetoresistive element

US5936801A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 11, 1997
Grant dateAug 10, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 11, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/58
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A head slider for use in a disc drive data storage system includes a slider body substrate having a cavity formed therein. A transducer is positioned in the head slider such that walls of the cavity in the slider body substrate protect the transducer from contact with asperities on a surface of a data storage disc.

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