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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lee Kevin Dorius, San Jose, CA (US);
Donald Ray Gillis, San Jose, CA (US);
Owen Melroy, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Vedantham Raman, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Richard Lindsay Stover, Oakland, CA (US);
Mike Suk, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/60 ; G11B 2/121 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/60 ; G11B 2/121 ;
Abstract
A slider used in a disk drive apparatus is described which has an air bearing surface and a trailing surface and a plurality of recessed steps at the trailing edge. These steps at the trailing edge greatly reduce stictional forces.