Patent ID: 6667854
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A magnetic head having a slider,wherein said slider comprises: a slider substrate; at least one head element formed on one end face of said slider substrate; a protective film for covering said head element; and a plural bump electrically connected to said head element and having an exposed portion exposed from said protective film, and wherein the other end face of said slider substrate on the opposite side from said one end face with said head element has a projecting portion, the distance from the surface of said protective film to said projecting portion formed on said other end face is longer than the distance from said exposed portion of said bump to said other end face, said projecting portion is formed of a rib projecting from said other end face, said slider has a magnetic disk opposing surface opposing a magnetic disk, and said rib is flush with said magnetic disk opposing surface.