Patent ID: 6510027
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disc head slider comprising:a slider body having a leading edge and a trailing edge and a slider length measured from the leading edge to the trailing edge; a central recess floor; and a plurality of raised rails, including a center rail positioned generally along the trailing edge and rearward of the central recess floor, which form respective bearing surfaces, wherein the center rail comprises a recessed rail surface, which is recessed from the respective bearing surface and raised from the central recess floor, and at least twenty isolated bearing pads, which are positioned on the recessed rail surface and together form at least part of the respective bearing surface, wherein each bearing pad comprises a pad length, which is measured along the slider length, and a pad width, which is transverse to the slider length, that are at least one percent of the slider length.