| US 7,554,769 B2 | ||
| Thin film magnetic head and head gimbal assembly | ||
| Hideo Yamakura, Kanagawa (Japan); Kiyonori Shiraki, Kanagawa (Japan); Tatsumi Tsuchiya, Kanagawa (Japan); and Masanori Tanabe, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam (Netherlands) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 06, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/101,189. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-111870 (JP), filed on Apr. 06, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0219753 A1, Oct. 06, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G11B 5/127 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 360—234.5 | 20 Claims |
| 1. A thin film magnetic head comprising:
a slider having an element formation surface;
a read element formed on the element formation surface of the slider;
a write element formed on the element formation surface of the slider;
a read element terminal which is formed on the read element and the write element via an insulator and is connected to the
read element, the read element terminal having a slit extending in a direction of a width of the element formation surface;
and
a write element terminal connected to the write element.
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