HARD DRIVE PADS AND COMPONENTS

Abstract

The invention relates to a ring-shaped pad arranged such that the principal surface of the pad contacts a magnetic disk in a hard disk drive device, the pad consists of two principal surfaces; an inner circular surface; and an outer circular surface, wherein the beveled surface lies between the outer circular surface and the inner edge of the two principal surfaces, and at least part of the outer circular region of at least one of the two principal surfaces consists of a beveled region which is inclined toward the other principal surface in a radial direction from the center of the pad toward the outer circular surface.