Patent ID: 7289299
Filing Date: 2007-10-30
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A head for use with a disk that can store information, the head comprising: a transducer for at least reading information from the disk; a slider having an air bearing surface, the air bearing surface comprising two inter-projection step surfaces, each lying at least partially between the projections, and each lying at an intermediate level between a level of said top surface and a level of said bottom surface; an ID-side trailing channel having a surface at the level of said bottom surface; an ID-side trailing pad separated from the trailing center pad by the ID-side trailing channel; an ID-side leading step region adjacent to the ID-side trailing pad, the ID-side leading step region having a surface at the intermediate level; and an ID-side trailing step region adjacent to the ID-side trailing pad, the ID-side trailing step region having a surface at the intermediate level.