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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8144424 | Timing-based servo verify head and magnetic media made therewith A servo head capable of verifying at least one timing based pattern printed on media is provided. The servo head includes a magnetic structure having at least one magnetic element arranged and configured to form at least one magnetic gap parallel to the timing based... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139318 | Planar bidirectional tape head with planar read and write elements A planar bidirectional tape head with planar read and write elements for reading and writing data on a magnetic recording tape includes a substrate, a tape bearing surface for engaging the magnetic tape, one or more write element arrays formed on the substrate, and ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8130467 | Planar write module and hybrid planar write-vertical read bidirectional tape head A planar write module and a hybrid planar write-vertical read bidirectional tape head comprising the write module and one or more vertical read modules. The write module has a write module tape bearing surface for engaging the magnetic recording tape. Plural write e... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8089722 | In situ radio frequency shield for a magnetic linear recording media head A read/write head for magnetic tapes configured with an in situ radio frequency (RF) shield is provided. The RF shield of the invention inhibits device elements reading data from reading RF radiation irradiated by other device elements writing data. The RF shield ma... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8045290 | Tape head layout having offset read and write element arrays A tape head assembly for writing data to and reading data from a tape includes a tape head member having an engagement surface that is configured to engage the tape as the tape moves past the tape head member. A plurality of arrays of interactive elements are suppor... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8035919 | Multi-channel thin-film magnetic head, magnetic tape drive apparatus with the multi-channel thin-film magnetic head and manufacturing method of multi-channel thin-film magnetic head A multi-channel thin-film magnetic head includes a substrate, a plurality of thin-film magnetic head elements formed on the substrate, a closure fixed onto the plurality of thin-film magnetic head elements, a protection film laminated on a whole area of a TBS of the... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027124 | Magnetic head A system in one embodiment includes first and second modules, each module having a substrate, a closure, and a gap situated therebetween, the gap comprising transducers selected from readers and writers; wherein the closures face each other, wherein the closure and ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7978429 | Low track pitch write module and bidirectional tape head A low track pitch write module and bidirectional tape head for writing and/or reading data on a magnetic recording tape. The write module and tape head have a tape bearing surface for engaging the magnetic recording tape and plural write elements. The write elements... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7800862 | Magnetic recording head having secondary sub-gaps A magnetic head and method for making same which can be used for formatting or writing servo tracks or data on a tape. In one example, the magnetic head may include a magnetic thin film layer; at least one gap defined in the magnetic thin film layer; and at least on... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7791835 | Multi-channel head A multi-channel head includes a substrate and a plurality of recording elements arranged on the substrate in a track width direction. At least one of the recording elements satisfies BGWBGW, where PW represents a pole width, BGW and BGD represent a width... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7791834 | Magnetic head having a ratio of back gap width to front gap width in about a defined range A magnetic head having a tape bearing surface according to one embodiment includes a plurality of writers, each writer having first and second poles each having a pole tip positioned towards the tape bearing surface, a front gap defined between the pole tips, and a ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7760465 | Magnetic head having selectively defined reader gap thicknesses A magnetic head includes a plurality of generally laterally positioned readers, each reader having a sensor, a lower shield below the sensor, an upper shield above the sensor, and a gap defined between the shields. At least one of the readers has a thicker gap than ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7746596 | Linear tape drive module for a linear tape drive system A linear tape drive system includes a tape having a path direction, a data track having data transitions at an azimuthal orientation relative to the path direction, and a servo track having servo positioning transitions. A linear tape drive module is configured to r... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7701665 | Wear pads for timing-based surface film servo heads A thin film magnetic recording head is provided with a tape bearing surface that has magnetically isolated channels while still providing a maximum continuous surface area with which to engage the media. This can be accomplished by providing spaces in the magnetical... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7692893 | Side-by-side magnetic head configuration with flared pole tip layer and read sensor sharing same plane A method and apparatus for processing sub-micron write head flare definition is provided. The method for processing a perpendicular magnetic head forms a portion of a perpendicular write head, where the portion of the write head includes a first pole layer, a coil l... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7684148 | Magnetic head with a conductive underlayer above substrate A magnetic head includes a wafer substrate and a conductive underlayer formed directly on the substrate. An insulating layer is formed above the conductive layer. A reader and/or writer thereof is formed above the insulating layer. Another magnetic head includes a s... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7656610 | Bi-directional magnetic recording head built on a common substrate The aspects of the present invention provide a magnetic recording head, a method for manufacturing a magnetic recording head, and a magnetic recording head drive. The magnetic recording head includes a substrate and a first magnetic device connected to the substrate... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7551393 | Tape recording head with multiple planes of transducer arrays A tape recording head is provided comprising a multiple plane transducer row having a plurality of planes of transducer arrays fabricated on a substrate and which may be staggered or offset relative to one another in a direction perpendicular to the direction of lin... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7548397 | Magnetic reader with piggybacked fence A magnetic head comprises a plurality of elements selected from a group consisting of readers and writers. A servo sensor is positioned towards the elements, the servo sensor being adapted for sensing a first servo track of a magnetic medium. A fence is positioned t... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7525761 | Method of making a multi-channel time based servo tape media A thin film magnetic recording head is fabricated by forming a substrate from opposing ferrite blocks which have a ceramic member bonded between them. This structure is then diced to form a plurality of columns, wherein each column has a ferrite/ceramic combination.... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7486475 | Magnetic data system having bias circuit with bias resistor A magnetic data system according to one embodiment includes at least one reader formed above a substrate, the at least one reader further comprising a shield and a magnetoresistive (MR) sensor. A first circuit sets a voltage (Vsub) of the substrate to about a voltag... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7486476 | Magnetic data system having a shield biasing circuit with resistor coupled between the shield and substrate A magnetic data system according to one embodiment includes a head having a plurality of readers formed above a common substrate, each reader further comprising a shield and a sensor, a bias circuit associated with each reader for passing a bias current through the ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7477482 | Magnetic recording head A filled-gap magnetic recording head is provided comprising a flat or cylindrical contour head having a row of magnetic transducers in a gap region disposed between a rowbar substrate and a closure. The gap region is intentionally recessed to have a predetermined re... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7450341 | Intergrated thin film subgap subpole structure for arbitrary gap pattern magnetic recording heads and method of making the same An arbitrary gap thin film magnetic recording head is fabricated by forming a substrate based on traditional vertical planar thin film head wafer technology which is designed to produce an integrated subgap and subpole substrate structure. The recording head include... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450340 | Head design with overlapping coil for narrow pitch tape head The structure for a closely spaced, coplanar tape head array is disclosed. Narrow pitch is obtained by utilizing an overlapping coil structure, wherein write coils of adjacent heads overlap. The overlap is made possible by placing coils of adjacent heads at differen... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7420758 | Head system, recording and reproduction system, and magnetic recording method Disclosed is a head system including a plurality of recording heads for azimuth recording. The system includes a first recording head having a plurality of magnetic gaps having a first azimuth angle, and a second recording head having a plurality of magnetic gaps ha... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7382569 | Progressive track width head and method A tape head according to one embodiment includes an array of readers, each of the readers having a track width, wherein the track width of an inner reader of the array is greater than a track width of an outer reader relative thereto. A tape head according to anothe... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382581 | Tape head having a support plate with contoured surface A tape recording head is provided comprising a support plate having a contoured surface with an opening in the contoured surface which allows head chips to protrude far enough to allow proper head tape contact for recording. The support plate is fixed on a coarse ac... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7369358 | Grounded writer core A transducing head includes a substrate, a writer having a writer core, and an electrical connector for grounding the writer, wherein the electrical connector electrically connects the writer core to the substrate. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365943 | Thin film magnetic head and method for manufacturing the same A magnetic head has an opposite face opposite to a magnetic disk, a main pole having a distal end face and an inclined face exposed to the opposite face, and a shield yoke extended substantially facing the opposite face. An end face on which the shield yoke is oppos... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362525 | PRML based magnetic servo position demodulator Apparatuses and methods for detecting reference marks on magnetic data storage mediums are described herein. In one variation, the apparatus comprises a magnetic servo position demodulator operable to extract information from the magnetic data storage medium utilizi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359156 | Magnetic tape head system method specifying parameters for near-constant resolution at varying tape velocities A magnetic tape head system and associated method are disclosed. Included is one or more head assemblies each including a base with a row bar coupled thereto with a head situated therein for defining a tape bearing surface defining a tape wrap angle with respect to ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353587 | Forming distributed gap magnetic cores A method of manufacturing a magnetic core includes providing a substrate with magnetically permeable material that has a first region and a second region near the first region, providing support to maintain a juxtaposition between the first region and the second reg... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7343668 | Method of manufacturing perpendicular magnetic recording head capable of highly precisely defining gap distance A method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head is provided. The method accurately defines a gap layer. The method includes forming a lower gap layer made of a non-magnetic material on a main magnetic pole layer. An upper gap layer is formed on the... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7340824 | Method for fabricating a magnetic head having an improved magnetic shield A first magnetic shield layer of the read head sensor is deposited upon a slider substrate surface. A patterned photoresist is then photolithographically fabricated upon the first magnetic shield layer with openings that are formed alongside the location at which th... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342748 | System with matrix array of write heads and matrix array of magnetoresistive (MR) read heads The invention provides a system comprising a non-linear array of magnetoresistive (MR) heads arranged in a two-dimensional matrix for reading information stored on magnetic media. The non-linear array of MR heads may comprise a planar array formed by a plurality of ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7330321 | Reference magnetic signal recording device and method of manufacturing the same A method of simultaneously recording multiple reference magnetic signals by using a magnetic head having multiple recording portions is provided. A writing yoke formed of a ferromagnetic material thin film and a back yoke are provided to a side wall of a slider, whi... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324303 | Magnetic recording/reproducing head with head elements displaced in both head width and lamination directions A magnetic recording/reproducing head having a plurality of magnetic head elements for multi-channeling capable of achieving high density recording/reproducing capability, including: a plurality of magnetic recording/reproducing head layers each including magnetic r... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322096 | Method for fabricating magnetic write heads A magnetic write head and method for bulk fabrication of the same are provided. A trench is formed in a nonmagnetic substrate. A first magnetically permeable layer is deposited in the trench of the substrate. An optional first insulating layer is deposited in the tr... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324301 | Striping data simultaneously across multiple platter surfaces A hard disk drive comprises an actuator with independently movable arms and a printed circuit board with custom core electronic architecture. The drive also comprises one or more platters aggregating two or more platter surfaces whereupon data may be read from or wr... | 01/29/2008 |
