Patent ID: 6483667
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A self-loading disc head slider comprising:a slider body having a leading slider edge and a trailing slider edge; first and second raised rails, wherein each raised rail has a leading rail edge, inside and outside rail edges and a bearing surface; a cavity dam extending between the first and second raised rails; a subambient pressure cavity trailing the cavity dam, between the first and second raised rails; and a stepped leading taper extending from the leading slider edge to the bearing surfaces of the first and second raised rails, wherein the stepped leading taper is formed of first and second steps, wherein the first step is positioned along the leading slider edge, and the second step wraps around the leading rail edges of the first and second raised rails and extends along a portion of the inside and outside rail edges of the first and second raised rails, and wherein the first and second steps have a step height of 0.05 to 1.5 microns.