Self-loading magnetic head air bearing slider

Claim 1

A self-loading magnetic head slider assembly comprising: a support structure having leading and trailing ends and a front section extending across the support structure from the leading end thereof; side rails disposed longitudinally from the front section to the trailing end along the side edges of a surface of said support structure; a recessed section formed between said side rails behind said front section; at least one magnetic transducer deposited at the trailing end of one of said side rails; characterized in that said side rails and said front section have a continuously curved convex shape in longitudinal section between said leading and said trailing end; and said continuously curved convex shape of said front section and said side rails and said recessed section produce a combined pressure profile when said slider assembly is positioned adjacent a moving magnetic medium so that said slider assembly assumes an orientation with respect to said moving magnetic medium in which the minimum spacing between said slider assembly and said magnetic medium occurs at the trailing end of said slider assembly.