Patent ID: 7791841

Claim:
A head slider for a hard disk drive including a slider inducing generation of a lift force from a rotating disk and a read/write head attached to a lower surface of the slider and facing a disk, wherein the read/write head is adapted to perform read/write operations while separated from the disk by a flying height, the slider comprising: at least one support beam extending in a direction; and an operation member formed from a thermally responsive material and arranged in parallel with the support beam, the operation member having a rear end portion laterally fixed to the support beam and a tip end portion opposite the rear end attaching the read/write head and configured to freely move in relation to a proximate tip end portion of the support beam, such that the flying height is changed in relation to temperature by thermally induced deformation of the thermally responsive material, wherein the read/write head is attached to a lower surface of the operation member facing the disk, and an upper surface of the support beam is integrally attached to a lower surface of the slider facing the disk.