Patent ID: 7656617

Claim:
A slider comprising: a read/write portion disposed on an air bearing surface of the slider opposite to a recording medium in convex configuration, which comprises at least one of a write element for writing information to the recording medium and a read element for reading information from the recording medium; an incline portion to connect the read/write portion with a concave portion of the air bearing surface, where airflow flows in when the recording medium rotates, an angle more than 90 degrees being formed between a line and surface of the read/write portion, said line connecting the read/write portion and the concave portion; wherein: the incline portion includes a first incline portion with substantially linear shape connected with the surface of the read/write portion and a second incline portion with substantially linear shape connected with the concave portion; a first incline angle of the concave portion with respect to the first incline portion is larger than a second incline angle of the concave portion with respect to the second incline portion; at least one middle incline portion is formed between the first incline portion and second incline portion, said each middle incline portion being connected with each other from the first incline portion to second incline portion, each middle incline angle being formed between each middle incline portion and respective concave portion, said each middle incline angle being smaller than the first incline angle and decreased gradually from a middle incline portion connected with the first incline portion to another middle incline portion connected with the second incline portion, while larger than the second incline angle.