Patent ID: 7936538

Claim:
A slider, comprising: a leading edge and a trailing edge that are spaced in a first dimension; a bottom comprising a first air bearing surface (ABS) pad located entirely on a trailing edge side of the bottom, said first ABS pad comprising first, second, and third ABS regions, said first ABS region adjoined to said second ABS region at a common boundary of said first and said second ABS regions, said second ABS region adjoined to said third ABS region at a common boundary of said second and said third ABS regions, said second ABS region being disposed between said first ABS region and said leading edge in said first dimension, said third ABS region being disposed between said second ABS region and said leading edge in said first dimension, each of said first, said second, and said third ABS regions having an air bearing surface, said air bearing surfaces of said first, said second, and said third ABS regions being coplanar with each other, wherein a width dimension is measured orthogonally to said first dimension, said second ABS region air bearing surface having a width that is less than or equal to half of a width of said first ABS region air bearing surface, said third ABS region air bearing surface having a width that is greater than said width of said first ABS region air bearing surface; and a transducer disposed within said first ABS region of said first ABS pad.