Patent ID: 6275467
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: B82Y,G11B

Abstract:
A disc head slider comprising:a slider body comprising a leading slider edge, a trailing slider edge and a center line extending from the leading slider edge to the trailing slider edge;a head carried by the slider body along the center line, forward of the trailing slider edge;first and second longitudinal side rails positioned on the slider body and having trailing rail edges terminating prior to the trailing slider edge;a third longitudinal rail positioned between the first and second longitudinal side rails and terminating forward of the head and of the trailing rail edges of the first and second longitudinal side rails;a first raised side pad positioned between the first longitudinal side rail and the trailing edge and rearward of the head; anda second raised side pad positioned between the second longitudinal side rail and the trailing edge and rearward of the head, the first and second raised side pads being discrete from the first, second and third longitudinal rails.