Integrated bidirectional Recording head micropositioner for magnetic storage devices

A recording head for use with a magnetic storage medium the recording head structure comprising:

• a slider body, including:
• an actuator;
• an air bearing surface;
• a top surface opposite the air bearing surface;
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• magnetic actuators positioned proximal to the top surface;
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• a transducer body having a transducer, the transducer body being attached to a trailing surface of the slider body such that the actuator is capable of moving the transducer with respect to the slider body, wherein the transducer body includes a flexure structure that permits rotation of the transducer about an axis of rotation that is substantially parallel to the trailing surface and to the air bearing surface.

A recording head having a transducer that is capable of independent motion in two perpendicular directions with respect to a data storage medium, comprising:

• a slider body having an actuator assembly that includes at least two independently controllable magnetic actuators, wherein each of the magnetic actuators comprises:
• a coil structure at one side of a gap;
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• a mating closure bar at another side of the gap, wherein a force between the coil structure and the mating closure bar operates to reduce the gap;
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• a transducer body having a transducer, the transducer body being connected with the slider body such that the actuator assembly is capable of moving the transducer with respect to the slider body and with respect to a data storage medium in an x direction substantially parallel to an air bearing plane of the slider body and in a z direction that is substantially perpendicular to the air bearing plane.

A method for controlling the position of a transducer of a recording head with respect to a data storage medium, the method comprising the acts of:

• obtaining a disk drive having a recording head that includes:
• a slider body having an actuator assembly, wherein the actuator assembly comprises at least a first magnetic actuator and a second magnetic actuator that are separately controllable;
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• a transducer body having a transducer, the transducer body being connected with the slider body such that the actuator assembly is capable of moving the transducer with respect to the slider body;
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• during operation of the disk drive, controlling the actuator assembly such that the transducer moves with respect to the slider body.

A recording head having an air bearing surface for maintaining a fly height between the recording head and a magnetic storage medium, the recording head structure comprising:

• a slider body having an actuator assembly including a first magnetic actuator and a second magnetic actuator that are separately controllable;
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• a transducer body having a transducer, the transducer body being connected with the slider body such that the actuator assembly is capable of moving the transducer in a z direction with respect to the slider body, the z direction being defined as the direction perpendicular to a surface of the magnetic storage medium when the recording head is used with the magnetic storage medium, each of the transducer body and the slider body has an air bearing surface that is adjacent to the surface of the magnetic storage medium when the recording head is used with the magnetic storage medium, wherein:
• the air bearing surface of the transducer body has at least one region that is nearest to the surface of the magnetic storage medium and a recessed region;
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• the air bearing surface of the slider body has at least one region that is nearest to the surface of the magnetic storage medium and a recessed region.