Patent ID: 6278581
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A floating magnetic head comprising:a substantially rectangular slider having a top surface and a bottom surface, the slider made of a non-magnetic substance, and having a first end defining a leading end and a second end defining a trailing end, the slider being provided with a groove on an outside surface of the slider, wherein the groove extends from a side surface toward the second end such that the groove gradually increases in depth from the side surface towards the second end and forms an opening at the second end, the side surface located between the first end and the second end and between the top surface and the bottom surface;rails provided on an air-bearing side of the slider that faces a recording medium to produce a floating force;a magnetic head core bonded to the side surface of the slider external to the rails by a glass bonding layer between them, the magnetic head core having an inclined face on a side opposite to the bonding side, the magnetic head core having a track portion and a read/write gap and having first and second legs, the second leg being located at the second end of the slider without protruding from the second end such that the first leg is located between the second leg and the first end of the slider, the track portion of the magnetic head core being attached externally outside of the rails by bonding; anda coil wound around the second leg, the coil being at least partially in the groove, wherein the edges completely surrounding the rails on the slider are round-chamfered except adjacent the track portion.