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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2024
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Yong Hu, San Ramon, CA (US);
Taichi Nakamura, Sagamihara, JP;
Biao Sun, Fremont, CA (US);
Xiaojuan Ran, Shenzhen, CN;
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A slider for a data storage device may include a trailing pad comprising a recording head, an outer surface, and an inner surface, wherein the outer surface is at the media-adjacent level and the inner surface is at the first recessed level. The slider may further include particle-blocking structure comprising a hole in the inner surface of the trailing pad, wherein a bottom surface of the hole is at the second recessed level, and an island blocker situated within the hole, wherein a media-facing surface of the island blocker is at the media-adjacent level, wherein the recording head is situated between the island blocker and a trailing edge of the slider. Also disclosed are data storage devices comprising sliders having particle-blocking structures comprising a hole and an island blocker. Also disclosed are methods of manufacturing sliders having particle-blocking structures comprising a hole and an island blocker.