Method of manufactuing slider of thin-film
AssigneesHeadway Technologies, Inc., SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
InventorsYoshitaka Sasaki, Takehiro Kamigama
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Abstract
A slider comprises a slider section and an element section. The slider section has a first medium facing surface and an air inflow end. The element section has a second medium facing surface, an air outflow end, and a thin-film magnetic head element. The slider section and the element section are produced separately, and bonded to each other so that the air inflow end and the air outflow end are disposed on opposite sides with the first and second medium facing surfaces in between.
Claims34
A slider of a thin-film magnetic head comprising:
- a slider section having a first medium facing surface that faces toward a rotating recording medium and an air inflow end;
- and
- an element section having a second medium facing surface that faces toward the recording medium, an air outflow end, and a thin-film magnetic head element,
- wherein the first medium facing surface has concavities and convexities for controlling the orientation of the slider section while the recording medium is rotating, and
- the slider section and the element section are bonded to each other such that the air inflow end and the air outflow end are disposed on opposite sides with the first and second medium facing surfaces in between.
A method of manufacturing a slider of a thin-film magnetic head, the slider comprising:
- a slider section having a first medium facing surface that faces toward a rotating recording medium and an air inflow end;
- and an element section having a second medium facing surface that faces toward the recording medium, an air outflow end, and a thin-film magnetic head element, wherein the first medium facing surface has concavities and convexities for controlling the orientation of the slider section while the recording medium is rotating, and the slider section and the element section are bonded to each other such that the air inflow end and the air outflow end are disposed on opposite sides with the first and second medium facing surfaces in between, the method comprising the steps of:
- producing the slider section;
- producing the element section separately from the slider section;
- and
- bonding the slider section and the element section to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.