Patent ID: 6999280

Claim:
A magnetic head, comprising: a magnetic element provided at the trailing-side end of a slider and having a magnetic functional portion performing at least one of magnetic detection and magnetic recording on a recording medium, wherein the magnetic element comprises a laminate of a plurality of films, and the magnetic functional portion positioned in an intermediate portion of the magnetic element in the track width direction, wherein an air bearing surface (ABS) has an upper portion and a lower portion having a step transition therebetween, the lower portion retreating with respect to the recording medium, and the magnetic element has a shape with a width dimension in which a portion protrudes to a surface of the lower ABS portion, and wherein the ABS is formed on a recording medium-facing surface of the slider so as to protrude to the recording medium side and to be located at a position deviating from the center of the slider in the width direction to one end thereof, and the magnetic functional portion of the magnetic element is provided on the ABS so as to be located at a position deviating from the center of the maximum width dimension of the ABS to the one end of the slider.