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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:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/60 ; G11B 1/564 ; G11B 1/732 ; G11B 2/120 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/60 ; G11B 1/564 ; G11B 1/732 ; G11B 2/120 ;
Abstract
A trailing ABS face, which is a surface generating positive pressure, is formed to rise from a surface facing a recording medium, which is a surface generating negative pressure, toward the recording medium and furthermore, a surface facing the element, in which a gap portion of a magnetic element is located, is formed to rise from the trailing ABS face. Thereby, the floating lift of a magnetic head can be reduced while the floating position can be stabilized and furthermore, collision of the magnetic head with a disk surface can be properly avoided.