Patent ID: 6934124

Claim:
A device, comprising: a rotating recording medium; and a slider of a thin-film magnetic head, the slider comprising: a slider main body having: a medium facing surface that faces toward the recording medium; an air inflow end; and an air outflow end; and a thin-film magnetic head element disposed near the air outflow end and near the medium facing surface of the slider main body, wherein: the medium facing surface has: a first part closer to the air outflow end; a second part closer to the air inflow end; and a ridge line formed by intersection of the first part and the second part, the second part being slanted with respect to the first part; and while the recording medium is at rest, the slider main body is in contact with the surface of the recording medium at the ridge line, and the first part and the second part slant with respect to the surface of the recording medium so that the air outflow end and the air inflow end are off the recording medium.