Patent ID: 9595273
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G11B

Claim:
1. A shingle magnetic write apparatus comprising: a pole having a pole tip region including a bottom, a top wider than the bottom, a first side and a second side at a sidewall angle from a down track direction; a side gap adjacent to at least the first side and the second side; a write gap adjacent to the top of the pole; a top shield, the write gap being between the top shield and the top of the pole; and at least one side shield being magnetically connected with the top shield and extending past the bottom of the pole tip region, the side gap being between the at least one side shield and the pole, the at least one side shield having at least one pole-facing surface at a side shield angle from the down track direction, the side shield angle being less than the sidewall angle, being not more than five degrees, and being not less than two degrees from the down track direction.