Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Fluid bearing head support – Disk record
Reexamination Certificate
2008-08-29
2011-12-20
Heinz, Allen (Department: 2627)
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Fluid bearing head support
Disk record
C360S237000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08081400
ABSTRACT:
A slider with an air-bearing surface includes an ID-side leading pad, an OD-side leading pad, an ID-side trailing pad, and an OD-side trailing pad. Each leading and trailing pad includes a respective pocket extending from the respective pad toward the air-bearing surface. The pockets each include a respective step surface surrounded by a trailing-side wall, an ID-side wall, and an OD-side wall. Each step surface has a respective depth, and each pocket is open to a leading side of the pocket. The slider further includes at least one cavity between the leading and trailing pads. The cavity includes a bottom surface of the slider having a cavity depth greater than all of the respective depths of the step surfaces of the pockets.
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Heinz Allen
Western Digital (Fremont) , LLC
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