Patent ID: 8105705

Claim:
A shield for use in a perpendicular magnetic recording device, comprising: a main body having a single pair of corners on opposing sides of a lower edge that is also an air bearing surface (ABS); a single tab attached to each of said corners, each such tab extending away from said main body in a direction that is initially parallel to said ABS; each of said tabs being composed of first, second, and third portions; each said first portion having a first lower surface, that is an extension of said lower edge, and a first upper surface that contacts said main body along a line that is at least 1 micron above said lower edge; each said first upper surface sloping away from said line towards each said first lower surface until it is between 0.2 and 2 microns from said first lower surface and closer to the respective first lower surface than at the contact portion with the main body; each said second portion being directly attached to said first portion and having a second lower surface, that is an extension of said first lower surface; each said second portion having a second upper surface, that is parallel to said second lower surface, there being no step where said first and second upper surfaces meet; each said third portion being directly attached to said second portion; each said third portion having a third upper surface that is parallel to a third lower surface, being spaced there from between 0.2 and 2 microns; and each said third portion being oriented so as to point away from said ABS at an angle that is between 5 and 20 degrees relative to said ABS.