Patent ID: 8264792

Claim:
A PMR head comprising: a main pole having a trailing edge surface and a leading edge surface and having a 1 st taper defined by a region of increasing pole thickness in a positive y-direction away from an ABS edge of said main pole, wherein said ABS edge is flat and wherein said taper terminates and said main pole has a region of constant pole thickness extending in said positive y-direction thereafter; at least one tapered yoke having a 2 nd taper, wherein said at least one tapered yoke is formed conformally on said trailing or leading edge surface of said main pole, wherein said 2 nd taper is defined by a region of increasing yoke thickness of said yoke in said positive y-direction, said region of increasing yoke thickness beginning at a yoke edge closest to said ABS edge of said main pole and increasing in a direction away from said ABS edge until said region of increasing yoke thickness becomes a region of constant yoke thickness thereafter; and wherein said yoke edge closest to said ABS edge of said main pole contacts said region of constant pole thickness of said main pole and is recessed a distance from said ABS edge.