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Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 1997

Filed:

Jan. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:

Ellis T Cha, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360103 ;
Abstract

An air bearing slider that maintains a relatively uniform flying height during variations in air speed and the skew of the slider. The slider has a raised rail disposed along the bottom surface of the slider body that forms a cavity. The cavity is configured to produce a subambient pressure when an air flow passes across the slider. The rail possesses a plurality of air bearing surfaces and has an opening positioned along the inner side of the slider. The opening is positioned and sized to provide a variable air flow into the cavity as the skew angle between the longitudinal axis of the slider and the direction of air flow changes. In this manner, a variable subambient pressure is developed within the cavity as the slider moves radially along the surface of a disk.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Cha, Ellis. (1997). Air bearing slider with variable sub-ambient pressure control (U.S. Patent No. 5677812). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5677812

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