Air bearing electromagnetic transducer head assembly

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSDUCER HEAD AT A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE AWAY FROM A MOVING MAGNETIZABLE SURFACE BY UTILIZING THE BEARING FLUID SET IN MOTION BY THE MOVEMENT OF SAID MAGNETIZABLE SURFACE, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING: SAID ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSDUCER HEAD; A SUPPORT MEMBER FOR SAID TRANSDUCER HEAD, SAID SUPPORT MEMBER HAVING ON ONE SIDE A BEARING SURFACE ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTED BY SAID BEARING FLUID; A PARTIAL SPHERICAL CONVEX SURFACE ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBER; A SOCKET MEMBER HAVING AN INNER PARTIAL SPHERICAL CONCAVE SURFACE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID CONVEX SURFACE; MEANS HOLDING SAID SUPPORT MEMBER WITHIN SAID SOCKET MEMBER WITH THE CONVEX SURFACE OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBER IN CONTINUOUS ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CONCAVE SURFACE OF SAID SOCKET MEMBER WHILE PERMITTING LIMITED TWO AXES FREE MOTION OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBER RELATIVELY TO SAID SOCKET MEMBER AND MAINTAINING SAID SUPPORT AND SOCKET MEMBERS SUBSTANTIALLY LONGITUDINALLY ALIGNED; AND A RESILIENT FLAT SPRING HOLDER HAVING ONE END FASTENED TO SAID SOCKET MEMBER AND ANOTHER END ADAPTED TO BE FIXEDLY SUPPORTED.