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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2006
Masanobu Sato, Niigata-ken, JP;
Akihiro Sato, Niigata-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Niigata-ken, JP;
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A thin film magnetic head includes a slider that floats from a surface of a recording medium by an airflow generated on the surface of the recording medium to be rotated, and a thin film magnetic head element structure that is formed on an air discharging end face of the slider. A thermal plastic deformation portion is provided in the vicinity of the air discharging end face on a back surface of a recording medium facing surface of a slider so that a part of the thin film magnetic head element structure is further spaced from the surface of the recording medium than the recording medium facing surface of the slider.