Patent ID: 7760469
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising the step: a slider operating an intake heater situated near a front edge to heat air and operating an air bearing surface within a flying height of a rotating disk surface in a hard disk drive, with said air bearing surface including a front bulwark near said front edge and a central island near a trailing edge and near a read-write head; wherein the step of said slider operating said air bearing surface comprises the steps: said intake heater altering a saturation water vapor pressure between said air bearing surface and said rotating disk surface in response to said air being heated; said air bearing surface removing a front saturation water vapor pressure peak near said front bulwark of said air bearing surface; and said air bearing surface removing a bad flow pattern area between said front bulwark and said central island near said trailing edge of said slider.