Composite magnetic head having accurately aligned gaps

A magnetic head, comprising:

• a pair of head chips disposed adjacent one another, each head chip including,
• (a) a pair of plate-like magnetic cores joined together, and
• (b) a gap provided at the junction of said magnetic cores such that said gap from each pair of magnetic cores lie in a common plane with the other gap, said common plane being generally perpendicular to the direction of travel of an associated recording medium,
• wherein said magnetic cores of each pair are superposed on one another, each in a plane generally parallel to said common plane;
• wherein each magnetic core includes,
• (a) a head with a small width substantially equal to the width of recording tracks on the recording medium
• (b) an end portion having a larger width than said head and located opposite said head, and
• (c) a stud portion disposed on at least one of said pair of magnetic cores at the increased witdth portion thereof and projecting toward the other core,
• wherein the end portion, of at least one of said magnetic cores of each pair of cores, is offset with respect to said head, and said stud portion is disposed on the magnetic core having said offset end portion;
• a shield portion generally perpendicular to said common plane and being interposed between said head chips for separating said head chips from one another;
• a coil wound around said stud portion of each headchip;
• and
• a pair of base plates, each base plate being disposed on one side of said pair of head chips, said base plates being generally parallel to said common plane and having a small width head portion substantially equal to the width of each head of said magnetic cores.