Patent ID: 7164557
Filing Date: 2007-01-16
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A slider for burnishing asperities and cleaning loose particles that adhere to magnetic recording media, the slider comprising: a body having an air bearing surface including a leading edge, a trailing edge, an inner edge, and an outer edge, the inner and outer edges extending between the leading and trailing edges and defining a longitudinal axis, and a lateral axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis that extends between the inner and outer edges; a plurality of rails on the air bearing surface, each of the rails being oriented at an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis such that the rails are defined as diagonal relative thereto, the rails being adapted to push the loose particles away from a surface of the magnetic recording media; each of the rails having an inner portion that is closer to the inner edge and an outer portion that is closer to the outer edge, and the inner portions being closer to the leading edge than respective ones of the outer portions; and at least one leading edge pad that is independent of the rails and located adjacent to an outer area of the leading edge.