Patents Examined by Alfred R. Eddleman
  • Magnetic head slider assembly
    Patent number: 4218715
    Abstract: A self-loading slider for a magnetic head assembly is formed with an air bearing surface having spaced rails and a negative pressure region between the rails. Shallow recesses or reliefs are formed in the rails so that ambient pressure is substantially maintained in the areas of such recesses along the rails. The slider is relatively insensitive to skew and disk curvature due to flutter or static deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1980
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Michael F. Garnier