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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1986
Henry S Nishihira, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An air bearing slider is provided for supporting a magnetic transducer and the slider comprises a pair of coplanar side rails disposed on the sides of an air bearing surface of the slider to form a recessed section between the side rails which is open at both the leading and trailing ends of the slider. The side rails have a tapered height section at the leading end and a width that decreases to a break point located between the ends. The air bearing structure produces a combined pressure profile which causes the slider to fly with the leading end at a desired pitch angle relative to a moving magnetic medium, with the minimum spacing between the slider and the magnetic medium at the trailing end, where the magnetic transducer is mounted.