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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2016
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Yong Hu, San Ramon, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are hard disk drive sliders having an air-bearing surface (ABS) with an efficiency-flattening hole (EFH). The sliders comprise a trailing edge pad that has a first surface at a first level with a first perimeter, a second surface at a second level, the second level being below the first level, the second surface being substantially parallel to the first surface, the second surface having a second perimeter, wherein the second perimeter is within the first perimeter, and a third surface at a third level, the third level being below the second level, the third surface being substantially parallel to the first and second surfaces, the third surface having a third perimeter, wherein the third perimeter is within the second perimeter.
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