Maxtor Corporation

Naum V Gitis

Robert Langland Smith

R Larry Comstock

James D Fahey

Francis P Crimi

Tave Joseph Fruge

Debasis Baral

Victor Dunn

A magnetic recording head for reading and writing information with respect to a rotating disk medium includes a pad having a working surface which contacts the recording medium. The pad has a leading edge and a trailing edge with the leading edge facing in the general direction of relative motion between the head and the medium. The ledge has a narrower width than the trailing edge so as to reduce the effort of debris accumulation at the disk-head interface. The narrower leading edge allows the head to deflect oncoming debris as the head traverses the surface of the rotating magnetic medium.

Magnetic head slider with resistance to debris accumulation

Disk drive with reduced electrostatic charge on slider-head assembly

A common cause for catastrophic failure in a magnetic disk storage system is due to the collection of debris on the slider/head assembly. Two factors contributing to these failures are:

Magnetic recorder apparatus with reduced debris accumlation on the

A transducer suspension assembly comprises mounting base plate (40), a spring element (42), a load beam (44) and a flexure (46) having a reduced-footprint slider (60). A partial etch (50) is formed in the spring element of the suspension. The spring element further includes a pair of lateral flanges (54). The flexure contains a second pair of flanges (64) and two longitudinal arrays of openings (70 and 72) formed in the flanges. A shortened, high-stiffness service loop (69) is connected to the reduced-footprint slider.

Transducer suspension assembly with a first pair of flanges for raising

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Cupertino, CA, United States of America

Naum V Gitis