Patent ID: 8472139

Claim:
A magnetic head, comprising: a main pole; a trailing shield positioned near a trailing side of the main pole; a side shield positioned near both sides of the main pole in a cross-track direction; a leading shield positioned near a leading side of the main pole; and a gap positioned between the main pole and the shields, wherein a cross-section of the trailing shield at a media facing side thereof has a general trapezoidal shaped peripheral portion, wherein bending points of the side shield are positioned between the leading and trailing shields, opposing surfaces of the side shield that face the main pole above the bending points diverging from one another as they approach the bending points from the trailing shield and diverging from one another as they approach the bending points from the leading shield, wherein the bending points both lie along an imaginary plane that extends through the main pole, wherein a distance in the cross-track direction between bending points of the leading edge of the trailing shield is greater than MPw, wherein MPw is a width of a trailing edge of the main pole in the cross-track direction.