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Patent No.:

US 8184401 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012

Filed:

Aug. 26, 2009
Applicants:

Masami Yamane, Kawasaki, JP;

Kan Takahashi, Musashino, JP;

Inventors:

Masami Yamane, Kawasaki, JP;

Kan Takahashi, Musashino, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

According to an embodiment, a slider of a head includes a negative-pressure cavity defined by a recess formed in a disk-facing surface, a leading step portion which is situated on an upstream side of the negative-pressure cavity with respect to an airflow and projects from a bottom surface of the negative-pressure cavity, a trailing step portion which is provided on an outflow-side end portion of the facing surface on the downstream side of the negative-pressure cavity with respect to the airflow, projects from the bottom surface of the negative-pressure cavity, and constitutes a part of the facing surface, and a maximum-positive-pressure producing step portion which is spaced upstream from the trailing step portion with respect to the airflow, projects from the bottom surface of the negative-pressure cavity, and produces a maximum positive pressure. A head portion is provided on the trailing step portion.


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Yamane, Masami. (2012). Disk drive head and suspension assembly having a slider with a groove and a connecting step (U.S. Patent No. 8184401). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8184401

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