Patent ID: 6181531
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: G11B,H02N,Y10T

Abstract:
A thin film magnetic head slider adapted to be opposed to a recording medium, thin film magnetic head slider comprising:a slider body;an air bearing layer defining an air bearing surface;a thin section including a portion of said air bearing layer that solely extends away from said slider body generally parallel to said air bearing surface, said thin section having at least one stationary section and a movable section opposed to a stationary section;said movable section formed on said thin section and said stationary section cooperatingly forming a tracking mechanism, said sections configured and disposed so that said movable section moves in a tracking direction approximately perpendicular to a moving direction of the recording medium;at least an opposed magnetic pole of a thin film magnetic head element adapted to be opposed to the recording medium, provided in the movable section of the tracking mechanism;at least one support spring extending from the stationary section and supporting the movable section; anda drive-force-generating section for driving the movable section with respect to the stationary section, against an elastic force of the support spring, by an electrostatic attraction force acting between the opposed surfaces of the movable and the stationary sections when a voltage is applied between the opposed surfaces.