公开(公告)号：US3678211A

公开(公告)日：1972-07-18

申请号：US3678211D

申请日：1969-08-18

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： HOOGENDORN HELEN M ,  NARKEN BERNT ,  ROEDER PAUL J ,  SUNNERS BRIAN

IPC: G11B5/60 ,  G11B5/10 ,  G11B5/42

CPC classification number: G11B5/6005 ,  Y10T29/4903

Abstract: An air bearing slider assembly includes a U-shaped magnetic head and a monolithic glass body which is formed in the glassy state so as to chemically as well as physically bond the head thereto, a nonmagnetic gap in the base of the head being disposed at an air bearing surface of the glass body to facilitate noncontact magnetic recording. The slider assembly is fabricated using a mold having a central cavity which defines the desired configuration of the glass body and which positions the magnetic head at a selected location relative to the glass body to be formed. The mold cavity is filled with a fluid glass composition which solidifies as a monolithic body in bonded relation to the head.