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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:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Hgst Netherlands B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HGST Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/40 (2006.01); G11B 5/255 (2006.01); G11B 5/31 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/40 (2013.01); G11B 5/255 (2013.01); G11B 5/3106 (2013.01); G11B 5/6005 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a magnetic head slider includes: a leading edge, and a trailing edge; a media facing side (MFS) extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge; a first region located near the trailing edge, and a second region located between the first region and the leading edge; a center rail comprising: a forward segment protruding from the first region of the slider, and a posterior segment protruding from the second region of the slider; a rear rail protruding from the second region of the slider; and a secondary protective film deposited on one or more portions of the first region.