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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:
Dec. 19, 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 ...
451 41 ; 451 59 ; 451168 ; 2960312 ; 2960317 ;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus are provided for processing a slider having a rail forming part of a medium facing surface of the slider which faces a medium, at least part of an outer side of the rail being located inside a side of the slider. The slider includes at least first edges each between the medium facing surface of the rail and the outer side of the rail and a second edge located closer to the side of the slider than the first edges. At least the first edges and the second edge are removed.