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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2018
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Teruyoshi Higashiya, Naka Kanagawa, JP;
Toru Watanabe, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Masami Yamane, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Furutani, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Kan Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a head gimbal assembly includes a suspension and a magnetic head supported by the suspension via a gimbal portion. The magnetic head includes a slider and a head portion provided in the slider. The slider includes an air bearing surface, a pair of side surfaces, a leading-side end surface, and a trailing-side end surface. The slider includes a deep groove which is formed between the leading-side step portion and the trailing-side step portion and is open to the air bearing surface and the pair of side surfaces, and a pair of partition walls which extends from the trailing-side step portion toward the leading-side step portion along the pair of side surfaces to close at least a portion of a side surface opening of the deep groove.