Patent ID: 8786986

Claim:
A head-slider comprising: a slider; and a thin-film magnetic-recording head formed by stacking a plurality of layers on said slider, said thin-film magnetic-recording head comprising: a read element for reading data; a write element for writing data; a non-magnetic insulating protective singular layer disposed around said read element and said write element, such that said non-magnetic insulating protective singular layer surrounds said read element and said write element; a resist disposed at a position further away from an air-bearing surface than said read element, an end of said resist on an air-bearing surface side overlapping said write element when viewed in a stacking direction of said thin-film magnetic-recording head; and a hard-material member having a thickness less than said resist and disposed directly adjacent to said resist and extending in a vertical direction away from said air-bearing surface farther than said resist and comprising a material selected from the group consisting of silicon carbide and tungsten, which is disposed at a position further away from said air-bearing surface than said read element and said write element, an end of said hard-material member on said air-bearing surface side overlapping said write element when viewed in a stacking direction of said thin-film magnetic-recording head, and a ratio of a distance from said air-bearing surface to a deepest end of said hard-material member to a distance from said air-bearing surface to a deepest end of said resist being at least 0.9.