Patent ID: 6903901

Claim:
A head slider comprising: a slider body defining a medium-opposed base surface, said medium-opposed base surface being opposed to a surface of a recording medium; a rail extending along the medium-opposed base surface; an air bearing surface defined on the rail; a head element mounted on the slider body and opposed to the recording medium at the air bearing surface; a front support protrusion standing on the slider body near a leading end of the slider body, a tip end of the front support protrusion being located above a level of the air bearing surface; a rear support protrusion standing on the slider body rearward of the front support protrusion near a trailing end of the slider body, a tip end of the rear support protrusion being located above the level of the air bearing surface; and a protector protuberance located on the air bearing surface rearward of the rear support protrusion and forward of the head element, a tip end of the protector protuberance being located below a level of the tip end of the rear support protrusion, wherein a height of the protector protuberance is set so that the tip end of the protector protuberance is at a position closer to the surface of the recording medium and beyond a level of an orbit of the head element when the slider body has an inclined flying attitute.