Patent ID: 6191923
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A magnetic head slider assembly comprising:a slider body;a thin film layer disposed at one end of said slider body;a magnetic head constituted by said thin film layer; anda core pad projection provided on said thin film layer, which said magnetic head is incorporated in, and wherein said core pad projection constitutes no part of said slider body and is so formed as to project towards a magnetic disk beyond an adjacent disk facing surface of said slider body immediately in front of said core pad projection;a sliding pad provided at a region of said slider body ahead of said core pad projection for preventing generation of a floating force by making use of a relative movement between said slider body and said magnetic disk, said sliding pad being so formed as to project beyond the disk facing surface of said region of said slider body; andwherein said sliding pad is circular in configuration.