Patent ID: 6666076
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: G01B,G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
A head comprising:an air bearing slider comprising: a slider body having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a bottom surface therebetween which is centered along a longitudinal axis extending between the leading and trailing edges; an inside rail disposed n the bottom surface of the slider body on a first side of the longitudinal axis an extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge; and an outside rail disposed n the bottom surface of the slider body on a second side of the longitudinal axis, the outside rail extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge, the inside and outside rails bang substantially equidistant from the longitudinal axis at the bottom surface; wherein the outside rail is positioned lower than the inside rail such that a bottom surface of the outside rail extends further from a point on the longitudinal axis on the trailing edge than does a bottom surface of the inside rail, and wherein the slider body include a twist that positions the outside rail lower than the inside rail.