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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kanji Kobayashi, Saku, JP;
Masao Yamaguchi, Komoro, JP;
Assignee:
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360103 ;
Abstract
A slider has a rail with a medium facing surface. At least part of a lateral wall of the rail is located closer to a center of the slider than a lateral wall of the slider. First edges between the medium facing surface of each of the rails and the lateral wall of the rail and a second edge between the lateral wall of the slider and the medium facing surface are each blunt.