Appeal No. 1999-1542
Application No. 08/806,864
first and second outwardly located taper flat side rails and has
a center rail centered therebetween, as typified by Figs. 5 and
6 of the disclosure. A further understanding of the invention
can be achieved by the following claim.
21. An air bearing slider for use with a data storage
drive having a movable storage medium, said air bearing slider
consisting essentially of:
a slider body with a supporting surface bounded by leading
and trailing edges and a pair of side edges, the supporting
surface facing the movable storage medium when mounted in said
data storage drive;
two taper-flat rails, each of said taper-flat rails
positioned on said supporting surface parallel with and
substantially adjacent to said side edges of the slider body
respectively; and
a U-shaped rail on said supporting surface, said U-shaped
rail including:
a cross rail formed across said supporting surface
substantially parallel with, but offset from said leading edge
towards said trailing edge, extending across less than a full
width of said supporting surface, and substantially centered
between said two taper-flat rails; and
a pair of spaced-apart parallel side rails extending from
said cross rail towards said trailing edge, said side rails
being substantially parallel to, but shorter than said taper-
flat rails; and
a center rail extending substantially from the center of
said cross rail to said trailing edge.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
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