Patent ID: 7145752
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A magnetic head apparatus comprising: a magnetic head slider having a disk-facing surface and a read and/or write magnetic element disposed close to a trailing-side end surface thereof; and a supporting member elastically supporting the magnetic head slider above a magnetic disk from a side opposite the disk-facing surface, wherein the magnetic head slider is elastically supported by the supporting member so as to be pivotal in the pitch direction with a pivotal fulcrum disposed on the supporting member, wherein the disk-facing surface has a front half region (S) extending from a leading-side end surface of the magnetic head slider to a phantom line on the disk-facing surface of the magnetic head slider extending in a direction parallel to the trailing-side end surface so as to pass through a phantom point opposite to the pivotal fulcrum of the magnetic head slider, the front half region having a step surface (S wherein the step surface (S