Patent ID: 7365943
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A thin film magnetic recording head, comprising: an opposite face opposite to a recording track of a magnetic recording medium; a main pole having a distal end exposed to the opposite face; a shield yoke extending the opposite face, and provided in a non-contact state via a predetermined gap on the main pole; and a coil to form a recording field which is generated at the magnetic recording medium from a distal end of the main pole; the main pole, the shield yoke, and the coil being formed to be substantially in parallel to the opposite face, wherein, in the vicinity of the distal end of the main pole, side faces at both ends in a widthwise direction of the recording track and a side face of at least one end in the recording track direction are inclined outwardly in a direction distant from the distal end.