Patent ID: 7133258
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A flying head slider comprising: a slider body; a generally flat bottom surface defined on the slider body; a front rail standing on the flat bottom surface at an upstream position so as to extend in a lateral direction of the slider body; a front air bearing surface defined on a top surface of the front rail and extending in the lateral direction across a longitudinal centerline of the slider body; a rear rail standing on the flat bottom surface at a downstream position; a rear air bearing surface defined on the rear; and a front facing surface defined on the front rail, the front facing surface standing on the flat bottom surface and defining an upstream end of the front rail, wherein part of the front facing surface is retracted from a remaining part of the front facing surface in a downstream direction so as to define an air clogging dished space on the flat bottom surface.