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  • Air-bearing sliders having leading read/write head and flying with negative pitch
    Patent number: 6965498
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards air-bearing sliders that are used in disk drives. The invention involves pitching a slider so that the leading portion of the slider is closer to the disk than the trailing portion of the slider. The negative pitch reduces the sensitivity of the slider to ambient air pressure, radial position, and to data accessing over the disk. When used in combination with a reverse-flow disk drive, negatively pitched sliders facilitate the routing of traces to the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Robert N. Payne, Francis C. Lee