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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshimichi Asanai, Kawasaki, JP;
Masaharu Sugimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/732 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/732 ;
Abstract
A magnetic head slider having an air inlet end an an air outlet end, and includes a pair of rails formed on a disk opposing surface opposed to a magnetic disk, each of the rails having a flat air bearing surface for generating a flying force during rotation of the disk, and an electromagnetic transducer formed on one of the rails in the vicinity of the air outlet end. The magnetic head slider further includes a plurality of streamlined pads formed on the air bearing surfaces of the rails in the vicinity of the air inlet end and in the vicinity of the air outlet end.