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Magnetic head slider

  • US 6,249,402 B1
  • Filed: 03/08/1999
  • Issued: 06/19/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A magnetic head slider adapted to be opposed to a recording medium comprising:

  • a slider film body provided on a surface of a substrate or on a surface of a sacrificial layer provided on a substrate, the substrate or the sacrificial layer and substrate being separate from the slider film body;

    a rotating mechanism supported by a stationary section of the slider body so that a movable section of the rotating mechanism which is a portion of the slider body can be rotated in a plane substantially in parallel to a surface of the recording medium, and at least an opposed magnetic pole of a magnetic head element adapted to be opposed to the recording medium, provided in a movable section of the rotating mechanism;

    said rotating mechanism comprising a plurality of support springs arranged along a periphery of said movable section at certain intervals of angles to support said movable section onto the stationary section so that said movable section can be rotated with respect to the stationary section wherein said movable section is coupled to said stationary section by said support springs.

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