Patent ID: 6424495
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A flying head slider comprising:a slider body defining an air bearing surface; a front support projection standing on the air bearing surface near an air inflow end of the slider body, said front support projection including an end tip surface; a rear support projection standing on the air bearing surface near an air outflow end of the slider body, said rear support projection including an end tip surface; a transducer protection layer superposed on an outflow end surface of the slider body; a transducer element embedded in the transducer protection layer so as to expose its tip end at a medium-opposed surface; and an adsorption prevention protrusion formed on the transducer protection layer so as to swell from the medium-opposed surface, wherein said adsorption prevention protrusion includes an end tip surface that is located in a different plane than a corresponding plane of at least one of the end tip surface of said front support projection and the end tip surface of said rear support projection.