Patent ID: 7061722

Claim:
A magnetic disk unit comprising: a magnetic disk rotatably attached to a spindle; a slider having a magnetic head for reading/writing data onto/from said magnetic disk; a first pad disposed at the center of a trailing edge of said slider, and having the magnetic head disposed thereon; second pads disposed on a leading edge of said slider, and having no magnetic head; and a suspension providing said slider with a predetermined load at a load point; wherein said load point is located at substantially one third of a total length of said slider, from the leading edge of said slider, wherein said one third of a total length of said slider is subsequently matched with a center of impact which occurs as a result of the contact between said first pad and said magnetic disk; wherein the slider is subjected to a pitch moment by a gimbal coupled to the suspension, whereby said pitch moment acts on the slider by applying a predetermined load upon the load point and also turns said gimbal by a predetermined angle in a direction as to move said first pad towards said magnetic disk.