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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D630069 | Tire mounting tool | 01/04/2011 |
| 7839607 | Method to reduce corner shunting during fabrication of CPP read heads A method is presented for fabricating a CPP read head having a CPP read head sensor and a hard bias layer which includes forming a strip of sensor material in a sensor material region, and depositing strips of fast-milling dielectric material in first and second fas... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7839606 | Magnetic head having oxidized read sensor edges to reduce sensor current shunting A magnetic read head of either CIP or CPP configuration is disclosed having a read sensor having oxidized non-conductive regions. The read sensor has a front edge, a rear edge, a left-side edge and a right-side edge. For a CIP configuration, the front edge and the r... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7690128 | Fork alignment tool A tool is disclosed for alignment of forks in a wheeled vehicle. The tool includes a plurality of connecting members, each having a receiving cup, which is configured to receive the curvature of fork tubes of the forks of the vehicle, and a slide bar which attaches ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7675717 | Magnetic read head having increased electron exchange A magnetic head of either CIP or CPP configuration is disclosed, having a read sensor with a strongly pinned ferromagnetic layer due to increased electronic exchange with the AFM layer. The read sensor includes a lower seed layer whose material is chosen from a grou... | 03/09/2010 |
| D608098 | Vehicle cleaning tool | 01/19/2010 |
| D604234 | Rim lock | 11/17/2009 |
| D603667 | Gear locking tool | 11/10/2009 |
| 7596854 | Method of fabrication for read head having shaped read sensor-biasing layer junctions using partial milling A method is disclosed for fabricating a read head for a magnetic disk drive having a read head sensor and a hard bias layer, where the read head has a shaped junction between the read head sensor and the hard bias layer. The method includes providing a layered wafer... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7593186 | P1 write pole with shoulder formation A magnetic disk drive head is disclosed including a write head, which includes a P1 layer having a pedestal portion, a gap layer formed on the P1 layer, and a P2 layer formed on the gap layer. The P1 layer includes a shoulder formation ha... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7591064 | Method of fabrication for tape medium read head with unitary formation of multiple elements A method is presented for fabrication of a tape medium read head having a unitary formation of multiple elements for reading multi-track data from a magnetic tape. The method includes providing a continuous substrate layer, and forming a sensor material layer on the... | 09/22/2009 |
| D596908 | Wrench | 07/28/2009 |
| 7549213 | Method for independent trackwidth and wall angle control and hexagonal write head A method for independently controlling track width and bevel angle of a write pole tip having a P3 pole tip for perpendicular recording. The method includes establishing the track width in a portion of the P3 layer material. A portion of this portion h... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7538035 | Lapping of gold pads in a liquid medium for work hardening the surface of the pads A method for work hardening gold contact pads is disclosed. The method includes providing gold contact pads, providing lapping pads, and placing the lapping pads in contact with the gold contact pads to create a contact interface. A liquid medium is then applied to ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7536778 | Method of fabrication for slider with underpass leads A method of fabrication is disclosed for a slider having sites for fabrication of a continuous coil having a set of front coils and a set of back coils and a center tab, where the slider includes underpass leads. ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7530159 | Method of distortion correction in shrink processes for fabrication of write poles A method is presented for fabricating a write pole for a magnetic recording head, wherein a photoresist layer is formed on a wafer stack. A target P2 pole configuration is provided, and a photomask having a pattern is produced, and the pattern is transferred ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530158 | CPP read sensor fabrication using heat resistant photomask A method is disclosed for fabricating a CPP read head for a magnetic disk drive having an electrical isolation layer. The method includes providing a first shield layer, depositing a sensor stack on the first shield layer, a CMP stop layer is deposited on the sensor... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7516670 | Multi-channel manometer with independent fluid level adjustments A manometer for multi-channel pressure measurement is presented which includes two or more manometer channels, where each channel includes an independent fluid level adjustment. Also included is a method for calibrating multiple channel carburetors using a manometer... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7472469 | Method for fabricating a magnetic head having a sensor stack and two lateral stack A method is disclosed for fabricating a read sensor for a magnetic head for a hard disk drive having a read sensor stack and two lateral stacks. The method of fabrication includes forming lateral stacks on a gap layer, surrounding a groove to form a template. The re... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7461446 | Method for repairing photoresist layer defects using index matching overcoat A method is presented for repairing damaged photomasks for electronic component fabrication processes, particularly for fabrication of the ABS of a disk drive slider. The method includes applying an overcoat of material having index of fraction which is close to the... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7461447 | Method of fabrication of magnetic head having annealed embedded read sensor A method of fabrication of a magnetic head including a read head sensor includes providing a read sensor stack having a front edge, a rear edge, a right side edge and a left side edge, and at least one pinning layer. The left side edge, right side edge, front edge a... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7446979 | Laminated draped shield for CPP read sensors A magnetic head is disclosed having a CPP read head which produces reduced cross-track interference. The CPP read head includes a read sensor, a first shield and a second shield. The second shield has side drapes having an edge portion adjacent to the read sensor. T... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7437919 | Multiple-function tire valve cap with low pressure safety indicator A multiple-function valve cap is disclosed for mounting on a valve stem of a tire for indicating a safe pressure condition or a low pressure warning. The multiple-function valve cap includes a pressure indicator assembly having a piston including a safe pressure ind... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7433163 | Seedlayer for high hard bias layer coercivity A seedlayer structure for a high coercivity hard bias layer is disclosed, having at least one bi-layer seedlayer, including a CrMo layer, and a W layer fabricated on the CrMo layer. A hard bias layer is fabricated on the bi-layer seedlayer. Preferably, the seedlayer... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7419610 | Method of partial depth material removal for fabrication of CPP read sensor A method for fabricating a read head sensor for a magnetic disk drive is presented. The method includes providing a layered wafer stack to be shaped, where the layered wafer stack includes a free layer, a barrier layer and a pinned layer. A single- or multi-layered ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7367110 | Method of fabricating a read head having shaped read sensor-biasing layer junctions using partial milling A method for fabricating a read head for a magnetic disk drive having a read head sensor and a hard bias layer, where the read head has a shaped junction between the read head sensor and the hard bias layer. The method includes providing a layered wafer stack to be ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7338445 | Hard disk drive medical monitor with shock-proofing A medical monitor is disclosed for implantation in a human body for monitoring biological activity and states as detected by implanted sensors. The medical monitor includes at least one hard disk drive. A transmitter and receiver for produces and transmits signals. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7278967 | Hard disk drive medical monitor with mirrored HDDs A medical monitor is disclosed for implantation in a human body for monitoring biological activity and states as detected by implanted sensors. The medical monitor includes a primary disk drive and a secondary disk drive, where the secondary disk drive mirrors the p... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270758 | Method to improve ability to perform CMP-assisted liftoff for trackwidth definition A method is presented for fabricating a read head having a read head sensor and a hard bias/lead layer which includes depositing a strip of sensor material in a sensor material region, and depositing strips of fast-milling dielectric material in first and second fas... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268980 | Magnetic head having self-pinned CPP sensor with multilayer pinned layer A magnetic head has a read sensor including a free layer, a spacer layer and a number of self-pinned layers. These self-pinned layers include interleaved layers of ferromagnetic material and non-magnetic metal. The self-pinned layers are pinned through magnetostrict... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7247136 | Hard disk drive medical monitor with alert signaling system A medical monitor is disclosed for implantation in a human body for monitoring biological activity and states as detected by implanted sensors. The medical monitor includes at least one hard disk drive. A transmitter and receiver produces and receives signals. The m... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7233461 | Stabilization structure for CPP GMR/TV A magnetic head has a read sensor which includes at least one primary pinned layer, a barrier layer, and a free layer. An in-stack biasing structure having net magnetic moment near zero, notated as dM=0, is constructed above the free layer. This in-stack biasing str... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225031 | Hard disk drive medical monitor with security encryption A medical monitor is disclosed for implantation in a human body for monitoring biological activity and states as detected by implanted sensors. The medical monitor includes at least one hard disk drive an enclosure surrounding the at least one hard disk drive, and a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7214188 | Hard disk drive medical monitor with sound-proofing A medical monitor is disclosed for implantation in a human body for monitoring biological activity and states as detected by implanted sensors. The medical monitor includes at least one hard disk drive. A transmitter and receiver for produces and transmits signals. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201718 | Hard disk drive medical monitor with electrical grounding system A medical monitor is disclosed for implantation in a human body for monitoring biological activity and states as detected by implanted sensors. The medical monitor includes at least one hard disk drive. A transmitter and receiver produces and receives signals. The m... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201719 | Rechargeable hard disk drive medical monitor A medical monitor is disclosed for implantation in a human body for monitoring biological activity and states as detected by implanted sensors. The medical monitor includes an enclosure surrounding at least one hard disk drive, and also includes a transmitter and a ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7196016 | Fabrication process for preparing recording head sliders made from silicon substrates with SiOovercoats A method for fabricating recording head sliders made from silicon substrates, is described. A Silicon wafer with a SiO2 overcoat is provided, and a layer of material which is resistant to Deep Reactive Ion Etching (DRIE) is deposited on the SiO2 | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192398 | Hard disk drive medical monitor with GPS A medical monitor is disclosed for implantation in a human body for monitoring biological activity and states as detected by implanted sensors. The medical monitor includes at least one hard disk drive. An enclosure surrounds the at least one hard disk drive. The me... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7144518 | CMP for corrosion-free CoFe elements for magnetic heads A method of manufacture of magnetic heads which include CoFe elements using CMP is presented. The method includes providing a slurry of Al2O3, adjusting the concentration of H2O2 in said slurry to within a range of 6–12%... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7138797 | Reverse magnetic reset to screen for weakly pinned heads A method is disclosed for testing pinned layers of magnetic disk drive read heads having at least one pinned layer, where the magnetic orientation of the pinned layers has been set in an initial direction. The method includes applying a large magnetic test field at ... | 11/21/2006 |
