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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toru Kira, Tenri, JP;
Teiichi Miyauchi, Nara, JP;
Kiyohito Nakai, Tenri, JP;
Kengo Shiiba, Tenri, JP;
Mitsuhiko Yoshikawa, Ikoma, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360113 ; 360125 ; 324252 ; 338 / ;
Abstract
A thin film magnetic head including a lower yoke made of magnetic material having a high permeability, a magnetoresistive element and an upper yoke for transmitting magnetic flux to the magnetoresistive element. The upper yoke overlaps, at its rear end portion, a front end portion of the magnetoresistive element, while the lower yoke is formed, at its portion confronting the magnetoresistive element, with a groove such that the magnetoresistive element overlaps, at its rear end portion, the lower yoke.