公开(公告)号：US20230230615A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-20

申请号：US18125289

申请日：2023-03-23

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： James Gary Wessel ,  Jason Gadboios

IPC: G11B5/31 ,  G11B5/39 ,  B24B37/005 ,  G11B5/60

CPC classification number: G11B5/3169 ,  G11B5/3116 ,  G11B5/3906 ,  B24B37/005 ,  G11B5/6011 ,  G11B5/3166 ,  Y10T29/49032 ,  Y10T29/49048

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the fabrication of head sliders for use in hard disk drives, and in particular the provision and usage of electrical bond pads on the slider surface structure to accommodate needs of the fabrication process as well as slider operation within a disk drive.