Patent ID: 8254061

Claim:
A head-slider comprising: a slider; and a magnetic-recording head formed on said slider comprising: a main pole; a return pole to which a recording magnetic field from said main pole returns; a sensor element; a shield provided between said sensor element and said main pole; a heater element for adjusting a shape of a flying surface of said magnetic-recording head; a first recess provided at a tip end face of at least one element selected from the group consisting of said return pole and said shield, wherein said first recess is formed on an edge between one end face in a stacking direction of said magnetic-recording head and said tip end face; wherein one of said elements selected from the group consisting of said return pole and said shield comprises a plurality of stacked layers; and said first recess is formed in one of said plurality of layers; and a second recess provided on an exposed flying surface and corresponding to said first recess.