Head slider and storage device
AssigneeToshiba Storage Device Corporation
InventorsTohru FUJIMAKI, Takahiro IMAMURA, Hiroyuki KUBOTERA
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a head slider includes a slider main body, a front rail, and at least a pair of grooves. The slider main body defines a base surface. The front rail rises from the base surface on the air inflow side of the slider main body and defines an air bearing surface on the top surface. The grooves are each formed in the front rail and define the air outflow end closer to the air inflow side than the air outflow end of the air bearing surface. The grooves are spaced apart in the slider width direction of the slider main body.
Claims6
A head slider comprising:
- a slider main body comprising a base surface;
- a front rail on the base surface at an air inflow side of the slider main body configured to define an air bearing surface on a top surface;
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- at least a pair of grooves in the front rail comprising an air outlet closer to the air inflow side than an air outlet of the air bearing surface, the grooves being apart in a width direction of the slider main body.
A storage device comprising:
- a storage medium;
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- a head slider facing the storage medium, the head slider comprising
- a slider main body comprising a base surface;
- a front rail on the base surface at an air inflow side of the slider main body configured to define an air bearing surface on a top surface;
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- at least a pair of grooves in the front rail comprising an air outlet closer to the air inflow side than an air outlet of the air bearing surface, the grooves being apart in a width direction of the slider main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.