Patent ID: 9431039
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: G11B

Claim Text:
1. A magnetic read transducer having an air-bearing surface (ABS) and comprising: a first shield; a plurality of read sensors having a plurality of widths in a track width direction, the plurality of read sensors being separated by at least one distance in a down track direction and displaced in the track width direction such that none of the plurality of read sensors are aligned in the track width direction, the down track direction being perpendicular to the track width direction, the plurality of read sensors including a central read sensor having a first width of the plurality of widths, a remaining portion of the plurality of widths being based on a distance in the track width direction between each of a remaining portion of the plurality of read sensors and the central read sensor, the remaining portion of the plurality of read sensors including at least two read sensors; and a second shield, the plurality of read sensors residing between the first shield and the second shield; wherein the magnetic transducer is oriented at a plurality of skew angles from the down track direction with respect to a portion of a plurality of tracks on a media, the plurality of skew angles having an absolute value of up to a maximum skew angle, the maximum skew angle being nonzero, the at least one distance being configured such that at the plurality of skew angles neighboring read sensors of the plurality of read sensors are aligned with adjoining tracks of the plurality of tracks.