IP Library Granted Patent US 5,872,684
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US 5,872,684 · App. 08/857,111

Air bearing slider having a relieved trailing edge

Inventors: Robert Glenn Hadfield, Cherngye Hwang, Andrew C. Ting, Eric Keith Wong, Tanya M. Zook
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Granted: Feb 16, 1999 Filed: May 15, 1997
Inventors
Robert Glenn Hadfield
Cherngye Hwang
Andrew C. Ting
Eric Keith Wong
Tanya M. Zook
Assignee (at issue)
International Business Machines Corporation

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Patent No.
US 5,872,684
App. No.
08/857,111
Filed
1997-05-15
Granted
1999-02-16
Kind
A