Patent ID: 6625109
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: B82Y,G11B,Y10S

Abstract:
A head support assembly comprising:a near-field optical head having a slider body, a cantilever arm extending from the slider body, and a contact pad extending from an end portion of the slider body for contacting a surface of a record medium having a rotating state in which the record medium undergoes rotation and a non-rotating state in which the record medium does not undergo rotation; support means for supporting the slider body over a surface of the record medium and for applying a loading force to urge the slider body to diverge the contact pad away from the surface of the record medium in the non-rotating state of the record medium; and air bearing means for interacting with a film of air moving in a direction adjacent to the surface of the record medium and for generating a lift force to counteract the loading force applied by the support means, fly the slider body over the surface of the record medium, and urge the contact pad into contact with the surface of the record medium in the rotating state of the record medium.