Patent ID: 8014106

Claim:
A method for modifying a slider to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems comprising: providing a suspension for reaching over a disk; providing a slider having a read/write head element on a trailing edge (TE) portion, said slider coupled with said suspension; providing an increased dynamic pitch of said slider, said increased dynamic pitch increasing the height of a leading edge (LE) portion of said slider with respect to said disk and reducing the height of said TE portion of said slider with respect to said disk, said TE portion of said slider in continuous contact with said disk when a read or a write is performed, wherein said continuous contact of said TE portion of said slider with said disk does not collapse an air bearing provided by said LE portion of said slider flying above said disk; and providing an off-center gimbal device coupled with said slider and said suspension, said off-center gimbal device coupled with said suspension and said slider away from the center of said slider and closer to said TE portion of said slider such that when said TE portion of said slider contacts a disk a bouncing motion of said TE with respect to said disk is reduced wherein said off-center gimbal device is moved approximately 20 percent of the distance between the center of the slider and the TE of the slider toward the TE of the slider.