公开(公告)号：JPH07147070A

公开(公告)日：1995-06-06

申请号：JP16771994

申请日：1994-07-20

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： JIYOOJI ROORENSU BESUTO ,  MORISU MUUSA DOBUEKU ,  JIYON SUCHIYUAATO FUOSUTAA ,  RUISU PADEIRIYA FURANKO ,  RANDOORU TOMASU KAASU

IPC: G11B5/60 ,  G11B21/21

Abstract: PURPOSE: To narrow the space between a head and a disk by making the surface area of two front air bearing pads of a slider larger than that of rear air bearing pad. CONSTITUTION: A midsection 28 of a slider of a converter assembly is a recessed surface and forms a non-air bearing surface. Sandwiching this midsection 28, two front air bearing pads 25 and 27 and a rear air bearing pad 29 are formed, and the area of the front air bearing surfaces is made larger than that of the rear air bearing surface. Therefore, as a slider is pitched up by the pads 25 and 27, the pad 29 also pitches up the slider, and air is made to flow under the pad 29 to form the air bearing. As a result, an air gap between a head and a disk with a lubricant film becomes narrow, and a slider of a converter assembly becomes resistant to influence by manufacturing parameter or variations in a disk diameter.