Patent ID: 8270115

Claim:
A head slider for a hard disk drive, the head slider comprising: a leading edge; a trailing edge; first and second side edges extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge; and an air bearing surface (ABS), comprising: a trailing pad adjacent the trailing edge of the head slider; a first arm having a first end connected to the trailing pad, the first arm extending from the trailing pad toward the leading edge of the head slider and including a first extended linear portion oriented substantially parallel to an airflow direction when the head slider is positioned at an inner diameter (ID) position relative to a spinning magnetic disk; and a second arm having a first end connected to the trailing pad, the second arm extending from the trailing pad toward the leading edge of the head slider and including a second extended linear portion oriented substantially parallel to an airflow direction when the head slider is positioned at an outer diameter (OD) position relative to the spinning magnetic disk; wherein: the entire second extended linear portion and at least part of the first extended linear portion are located on a same side of a center line of the ABS.