Patent ID: 7372664

Claim:
A write transducer, comprising: a first write pole (P1) and a second write pole (P2), the second write pole having a pole tip with a side for facing a recording medium, a side facing toward the first write pole, a side facing in an opposite direction from the first write pole, and a pair of lateral sides disposed between the sides facing toward and in an opposite direction from the first write pole, wherein the pair of lateral sides each have a plurality of corresponding faces, including a first face for arranging nearest the recording medium on each lateral side, with the pair of corresponding first faces being generally parallel to each other, the lateral sides each having a second face adjacent to the first face, each of the second faces varying from a parallel position with the first face of the same lateral side by more than 5 degrees and less than 15 degrees, the lateral sides each having a third face adjacent to the second face, each of the third faces varying from a parallel position with the first face of the same lateral side by more than 15 degrees and less than 30 degrees.