Slider with high and low surface energy coatings proximate transducer
US9214173B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 16, 2013 |
| Grant date | Dec 15, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/3106
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A slider, such as for a data storage system, the slider having a leading edge, a trailing edge, an air-bearing surface, and a transducer proximate the trailing edge. The slider has a low surface energy coating on the air-bearing surface and a high surface energy coating on the transducer. In some embodiments, the high surface energy coating is present on a contact sensor.
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