Patent ID: 7193807
Filing Date: 2007-03-20
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk drive, comprising: a magnetic disk having an annular data storage region between inner and outer diameters; and an actuator arm assembly including an actuator arm, a flexure arm mounted on a first end of said actuator arm, and a read element and a write element mounted on an end of said flexure arm opposite said actuator arm, wherein said actuator arm assembly rotates about a second end of said actuator arm opposite said first end of said actuator arm, said read element reads from said disk and said write element writes to said disk; wherein said read element has a read element skew angle and said write element has a write element skew angle, wherein at least one of said read element skew angle and said write element skew angle decreases as said read element and said write element move from said inner diameter to said outer diameter and is never less than 45 degrees while said read element and said write element are located over said data storage region, and wherein the physical widths of said read element and said write element are at least double the effective widths of said read element and said write element at said inner diameter.