Fujitsu Corporation

Muneo Kamiguchi

Katsuhide Sone

Minoru Takahashi

Takao Koshikawa

Katsumi Kiuchi

Koki Kanda

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

Magnetic head with improved floating surface

A thin-film element is formed at an end of a core slider, at which end air exits, and a protective film is formed on the thin-film element. A step-like recess is formed in the protective film near the thin-film element so as to extend longitudinally toward an end at which air exits.

Method of manufacturing a magnetic head

Growing community of inventors

Tokyo, Japan

Muneo Kamiguchi