IP Library Granted Patent US 7,978,430
Granted Patent B2
US 7,978,430 · App. 11/852,166 · Granted Jul 12, 2011

Apparatus for providing a reverse air bearing surface head with trailing shield design for perpendicular recording

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Patent No.
US 7,978,430
App. No.
11/852,166
Granted
Jul 12, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing a reverse air bearing surface head with trailing shield design for perpendicular recording. A reverse air bearing surface head for perpendicular recording is provided with an inversed bevel shape to handle skew when recording data on a magnetic recording medium.

Claims (28)

1. A reverse air bearing surface head, comprising:

a write pole having a leading edge and a trailing edged disposed at an air bearing surface; and

a return pole having a leading edge and a trailing edged disposed at an air bearing surface, wherein the write pole includes an inverted bevel surface forming the leading edge of the write pole, the inverted bevel surface angled to narrow the write pole at the air bearing surface to reduce a distance between the leading edge of the write pole and the leading edge of the return pole and to widen the write pole along the leading edge in a direction away from the air bearing surface.

2. The reverse air bearing surface head of claim 1 , further comprising a trailing shield disposed opposite the write pole.

3. The reverse air bearing surface head of claim 1 , wherein the write pole comprises an inverse trapezoidal shape configured to compensate for skew during perpendicular recording.

4. The reverse air bearing surface head of claim 1 , wherein the write pole having the inverted bevel surface is formed on Al 2 O 3 .

5. A data storage system, comprising:

a translatable recording medium for storing data thereon;

a motor for translating the recording medium;

a transducer disposed proximate the recording medium for reading and writing data on the recording medium; and

an actuator, coupled to the transducer, for moving the transducer relative to the recording medium; and

wherein the transducer comprises a reverse air bearing surface head, comprising:

a write pole having a leading edge and a trailing edged disposed at an air bearing surface; and

a return pole having a leading edge and a trailing edged disposed at an air bearing surface, wherein the write pole includes an inverted bevel surface forming the leading edge of the write pole, the inverted bevel surface angled to narrow the write pole at the air bearing surface to reduce a distance between the leading edge of the write pole and the leading edge of the return pole and to widen the write pole along the leading edge in a direction away from the air bearing surface.

6. The data storage system of claim 5 , further comprising a trailing shield disposed opposite the write pole.

7. The data storage system of claim 5 , wherein the write pole comprises an inverse trapezoidal shape configured to compensate for skew during perpendicular recording.

8. The data storage system of claim 5 , wherein the write pole having the inverted bevel surface is formed on Al 2 O 3 .

9. A reverse air bearing surface head, comprising:

means for generating a magnetic flux for perpendicular recording on a magnetic medium having a leading edge and a trailing edged disposed at an air bearing surface; and

means for receiving return magnetic flux from the magnetic medium having a leading edge and a trailing edged disposed at an air bearing surface, wherein the means for generating a magnetic flux includes an inverted bevel surface forming the leading edge of the means for generating a magnetic flux, the inverted bevel surface angled to narrow the means for generating a magnetic flux at the air bearing surface to reduce a distance between the leading edge of the means for generating a magnetic flux and the leading edge of the means for receiving return magnetic flux and to widen the means for generating a magnetic flux along the leading edge in a direction away from the air bearing surface.

10. A data storage system, comprising:

means for storing data thereon;

means for translating the means for storing data;

means, disposed proximate the means for storing data, for reading and writing data on the means for storing data; and

means, coupled to the transducer, for moving the means for reading and writing data relative to the means for storing data; and

wherein the means for reading and writing data comprises:

means for generating a magnetic flux for perpendicular recording on a magnetic medium having a leading edge and a trailing edged disposed at an air bearing surface; and

means for receiving return magnetic flux from the magnetic medium having a leading edge and a trailing edged disposed at an air bearing surface, wherein the means for generating a magnetic flux includes an inverted bevel surface forming the leading edge of the means for generating a magnetic flux, the inverted bevel surface angled to narrow the means for generating a magnetic flux at the air bearing surface to reduce a distance between the leading edge of the means for generating a magnetic flux and the leading edge of the means for receiving return magnetic flux and to widen the means for generating a magnetic flux along the leading edge in a direction away from the air bearing surface.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2016
From: HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 25, 2012
From: HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V.
To: HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.
Reel/Frame 029341/0777 →