Air bearing slider for a transducer.

摘要

A self-loading air bearing slider for a magnetic transducer head is chamfered across its whole width from its leading edge (12) down to the cross rail (18) to provide a leading tapered section (10). A recessed section (20) trails the cross rail (18) and is defined by that rail (18) and a pair of side rails (14, 16). The lower surfaces of the three rails are co-planar. The side rails are preferably flared so that they are wider at the trailing edge (26) of the slider to provide an improved pressure profile thereby to allow fast liftoff from a record surface.