HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY AND MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE WITH THE SAME

According to one embodiment, a head gimbal assembly includes a suspension and a magnetic head supported by the suspension via a gimbal portion. The magnetic head includes a slider and a head portion in the slider. The slider includes an air bearing surface, a pair of side surfaces, a leading-side en...

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Hauptverfasser: Takahashi, Kan, Yamane, Masami, Watanabe, Toru, Furutani, Kazuhiro
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Zusammenfassung:According to one embodiment, a head gimbal assembly includes a suspension and a magnetic head supported by the suspension via a gimbal portion. The magnetic head includes a slider and a head portion in the slider. The slider includes an air bearing surface, a pair of side surfaces, a leading-side end surface, and a trailing-side end surface. The slider includes a deep groove which is formed between a leading-side step portion and a trailing-side step portion and is open to the air bearing surface and the pair of side surfaces, and at least a pair of capturing grooves which is formed on a bottom surface of the deep groove. The capturing grooves are provided along the pair of side surface and are placed with a gap from the pair of side surfaces.