Slider with improved robustness to particle contact
US8488278B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 23, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jul 16, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 13, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/10
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a disc drive, a slider having electronic communication with the surface of a data disc, the slider having a first up-track mill transition that has a transition mill to remove oblique mill transitions so that the transition has a substantially perpendicular portion that impacts contaminant particles on or near the disc surface. In other embodiments, other edges of the slider have transition mills to remove oblique transition mills from possible impact with such particles.
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