US 6,583,960 B2 · Ramp load slider with trailing edge extenders controlling load wear

Abstract

An apparatus and method is presented for controlling initial load and unload wear on a slider by using a trailing edge extender. A slider for supporting a transducer proximate to a recording medium is disclosed. The slider includes a trailing edge extender positioned on a trailing edge to allow additional controlled wear to occur before a substrate of the slider contacts the recording medium. The trailing edge extender can be positioned at an outer corner on the trailing edge of the slider and at a transducer pad on the trailing edge of the slider. The trailing edge extender can include a depth of the step depth, cavity depth, or air bearing surface level depth. The method includes fabricating a trailing edge extender positioned on a trailing edge to allow additional controlled wear to occur before a substrate of the slider contacts the recording medium.

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Dependent claims

A slider for supporting a transducer proximate to a recording medium, the slider having a center air bearing pad extending along an air bearing surface to the center of the trailing edge of the slider upon which a transducer is formed, the slider comprising:

a pair of trailing edge extenders positioned on a trailing edge and laterally spaced from each other on opposite sides of a center of said trailing edge, wherein the extenders allows controlled wear to occur before a substrate of the slider contacts the recording medium.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Ramp load slider with trailing edge extenders controlling load wear

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Ramp load slider with trailing edge extenders controlling load wear

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Abstract

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