Patent ID: 6594119
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: G11B,H02N,Y10T

Abstract:
A thin film magnetic head slider adapted to be opposed to a recording medium comprising:a slider film body provided on a surface of a substrate or on a surface of a sacrificial layer provided on substrate, the substrate or the sacrificial layer and substrate being separate from the slider film body; a loading and unloading mechanism supported by a stationary section of the slider film body so that a movable section which is a portion of the slider film body can be moved in a loading and unloading direction in which the movable section of the slider film body approaches and separates from a recording medium; and at least an opposed magnetic pole of a thin film magnetic head element adapted to be opposed to the recording medium, provided in a movable section of the loading and unloading mechanism; wherein said stationary section includes a first electrode, and said movable section includes a second electrode which is movable with respect to said first electrode.