Fujitsu Corporation

Koki Kanda

Minoru Takahashi

Takao Koshikawa

Katsuhide Sone

Katsumi Kiuchi

Muneo Kamiguchi

Shinichi Takahashi

An MR head includes a slider, and a film structure part which is located on an air outflow side of the slider and includes an MR element for reproducing. The film structure part has an end surface located on an identical side as a floating surface of the slider. The end surface of the film structure part and the floating surface of the slider form a step-like recess which has a depth making it possible to prevent a fine projection on a magnetic disk from hitting the end surface of the film structure part.

Magnetic head and magnetic disk apparatus

There is provided a head slider for reducing a sticking force or stiction between the head slider and a disk in a disk drive unit in which a difference in level between an air bearing and a head portion is small when the disk rotates in a reverse direction. Air bearing portions having flat top surfaces are formed in parallel with each other on both sides of a side of a slider which flies above the disk at an air outflow end of the slider. A head portion comprising head elements and a protection film for protecting the head elements is provided at an air outflow end of one of the air bearing portions, while a dummy head portion comprising only a protection film is provided at an air outflow end of the other air bearing portion. Top surfaces of the head portion and the dummy head portion are formed lower by a step than top surfaces of the air bearing portions. The top surfaces of the head portion and the dummy head portion on the air outflow ends are formed lower than the top surfaces thereof adjacent to the air bearing portions, whereby the contact resistance between the head slider and the disk resulting when the disk rotates in the reverse direction is reduced.

Head slider and disk drive unit employing the same

The present invention relates to a substrate for a magnetic recording medium that ensures a floating height on a magnetic head. This substrate is made of a sintered body provided with pores having a diameter in the range of 0.05 &mgr;m to 2.0 &mgr;m extending across 5% to 50% of the surface area of the substrate.

Magnetic recording medium substrate, method of producing the same, and method of evaluating magnetic recording medium

Magnetic head with improved floating surface

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