Patent ID: 6639756
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A magnetic head comprising:a slider; and a magnetic element disposed on an end face of the slider in the trailing side for writing and/or reading, wherein a plurality of ABS faces are formed on a surface of the slider facing a recording medium so as to rise toward the recording medium and be at the same level as each other, the plurality of ABS faces serving to generate positive pressure, wherein a surface having the element is formed on the ABS face in the trailing side so as to further rise toward the recording medium, and a gap portion of the magnetic element is located on the surface having the element, wherein a leading end face of the trailing ABS face and a leading end face of the surface having the element are inclined surfaces that are sloped relative to a depth of the slider and which gradually rise from the surface facing the recording medium toward the surface having the element, and wherein when the height from the surface facing the recording medium to the trailing ABS face is h1 and the height from the trailing ABS face to the surface having the element is h2, the ratio h2/h1 is at least 0.4% and 2.5% at most.