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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:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2005
Applicants:
Ellis T. Cha, San Ramon, CA (US);
Guoqiang Zheng, Dongguan, CN;
Sindy Yeung, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAE Magnetics (HK) Ltd., Shatin, N.T., HK;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus allowing for a slider for use in a disk drive is disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention may include a leading side, a trailing side, at least two main rails, a slider surface with an air bearing surface, and at least one trench substantially parallel to the width of the slider. The trench in the air bearing surface results in a lower compression length of the slider and allows for particles to be channeled off of the disk surface.