Claims
- 1. A head slider for use with a rotatable information recording medium, the head slider having a surface facing the information recording medium, and supporting a read/write head for recording and reproducing information, comprising:
- a substantially U-shaped first face facing the information recording medium and having an opening at a rearward portion with respect to the direction of rotation of the information recording medium, and supporting a read/write head at a rearward portion thereof;
- a second face facing the information recording medium provided forward of the first face and receded from the first face;
- a third face facing the information recording medium provided at outer side areas with respect to the first face and receded from the first face;
- a fourth face facing the information recording medium provided rearward of the first face and receded from the first face;
- a forward step extending between a forward edge of first face and the second face;
- outer steps extending between outer side edges of the first face and the third face; and inner steps extending between inner edges of the first face and the fourth face,
- wherein the second and third faces are receded from the first face by a first distance, and the fourth face is receded from the first face by a second distance that is greater than the first distance.
- 2. The head slider according to claim 1, wherein rearward-most portions of first face extend outward in opposing directions along a line substantially perpendicular to the rotating direction of the information recording medium.
- 3. A recording-and-reproducing apparatus comprising:
- a rotatable information recording medium;
- a read/write head for reading information from and writing information on the information recording medium;
- a head slider having a surface facing the information recording medium, and supporting the read/write head; and
- an actuator supporting the head slider to move the head slider over the information recording medium;
- the head slider comprising:
- a substantially U-shaped first face facing the information recording medium and having an opening at a rearward portion with respect to the direction of rotation of the information recording medium, and supporting a read/write head at a rearward portion thereof;
- a second face facing the information recording medium provided forward of the first face and receded from the first face;
- a third face facing the information recording medium provided at outer side areas with respect to the first face and receded from the first face;
- a fourth face facing the information recording medium provided rearward of the first face and receded from the first face;
- a forward step extending between a forward edge of first face and the second face;
- outer steps extending between outer side edges of the first face and the third face; and
- inner steps extending between inner edges of the first face and the fourth face,
- wherein the second and third faces are receded from the first face by a first distance, and the fourth face is receded from the first face by a second distance that is greater than the first distance.
- 4. The recording-and-reproducing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein rearward-most portions of first face extend outward in opposing directions along a line substantially perpendicular to the rotating direction of the information recording medium.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a division of Ser. No. 08/722,766 filed Sep. 27, 1996.
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