Claims
- 1. A read/write head for use with a rotating media disk, a housing, and a control circuit, said housing being separated from said rotating media disk by a predetermined separation distance, comprising:
- (a) a flexible magnetic cylinder extending from said housing to be in contact with said rotating media disk, said flexible magnetic cylinder having a length greater than said predetermined separation distance so that said flexible magnetic cylinder is flexed by said contact with said rotating media disk so as to maintain said contact; and
- (b) a pair of coils wrapped around said flexible magnetic cyclinder;
- wherein said control circuit is functionally connected to said pair of coils to induce a magnetic field around said flexible magnetic cylinder and to perceive magnetic fields in proximity with said flexible magnetic cylinder.
- 2. The read/write head as recited in claim 1 wherein said flexible magnetic cylinder is angled in the direction of travel of said rotating media disk.
- 3. The read/write head as recited in claim 1 wherein said flexible magnetic cylinder is angled between 10 and 30 degrees from a perpendicular of the direction of travel.
- 4. The read/write head as recited in claim 3 wherein said flexible magnetic cylinder is angled at 20 degrees from the perpendicular of the direction of travel.
- 5. The read/write head as recited in claim 2 wherein said flexible magnetic cylinder is straight and is angled in the direction of travel of said rotating media disk by partial insertion into a head mount structure at said angle.
- 6. The read/write head as recited in claim 1 wherein said flexible magnetic cylinder is in biased contact with said media disk.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/373,761, filed Jan. 17, 1995, now U.S. Pat No. 5,606,474.
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Divisions (1)
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