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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7392580 | Method for manufacturing a slider using electromagnetic wave A method for manufacturing sliders from a bar has: a radiating step which includes radiating an electromagnetic wave on at least a part of each space on a second surface of said bar, wherein said second surface is a back surface of a first surface of said bar, said ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392579 | Method for protecting a slider mounted CPP GMR or TMR read head sensor from noise and ESD damage A slider mounted CPP GMR or TMR read head sensor is protected from electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage and from noise and cross-talk from an adjacent write head by means of a balanced resistive/capacitative shunt. The shunt includes highly resistive interconnection... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393262 | Apparatus including pin adapter for air bearing surface (ABS) lapping A system is provided for measuring a head during a lapping process. First provided is a wafer including at least one head each having an electrical lapping guide (ELG), a plurality of wafer contacts in electrical communication with the ELG, and a closure formed ther... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393261 | Cylindrical grinding method for producing hard metal tools and cylindrical grinding machine for grinding cylindrical starting bodies during the production of hard metal tools The invention relates to a grinding method and to a cylindrical grinding machine, in which a sintered hard metal round rod is completely pushed through a chuck of a workpiece spindle head, said chuck having chuck jaws. Two backrest seats are ground on the freely pro... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392108 | Method of controlling an edger device, machine programmed to edge an ophthalmic lens blank, and computer program The present invention relates to a method of controlling an ophthalmic edger device, and a machine programmed to edge and ophthalmic lens blank. A lens blank and an edger device for forming a groove in a peripheral edge of the lens blank are provided. A central proc... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389578 | Manufacturing method of a perpendicular recording magnetic head Embodiments in accordance with the present invention relate to methods wherein when a main pole is processed by using an ion milling technique, a re-adhesion layer created on the side face of the resist mask is removed with certainty. In one embodiment, an inorganic... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7386933 | Method of fabricating thin film write heads with a shortened yoke and improved dimension control A method for fabricating a magnetic recording head writer. The writer includes a bottom magnetic pole and a write gap formed over the bottom pole and a coil trench formed in the bottom pole. A top magnetic pole is provided as two layers with the first layer includin... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386935 | Methods and apparatus for controlling the lapping of a slider based on an amplitude of a readback signal produced from an externally applied magnetic field The lapping of a slider is controlled based on an amplitude of a readback signal which is produced from an externally applied magnetic field. A lapping plate is used to lap a slider which includes at least one magnetic head having a read sensor. During the lapping, ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7383626 | Methods for fabricating giant magnetoresistive (GMR) devices In a method of fabricating a giant magnetoresistive (GMR) device a plurality of magnetoresistive device layers is deposited on a first silicon nitride layer formed on a silicon oxide layer. An etch stop is formed on the magnetoresistive device layers, and a second l... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7384326 | Facetting area setting device and eyeglass lens processing apparatus A facetting area setting device for setting a facetting area so as to perform a facetting on an edge corner of an eyeglass lens which has been finished, includes: an input unit that inputs a target lens shape; a display unit that displays a front outline graphic bas... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381114 | Tire uniformity machine grinding assembly A grinder assembly (10) contacts a tire (T) supported by a frame (F) relative to the tire (T). The grinder assembly (10) includes at least one section, and a vertical repositioning system (118) supporting the at least one section. The vertical r... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377836 | Versatile wafer refining Methods of refining using a plurality of refining elements are discussed. A refining apparatus having refining elements that can be smaller than the workpiece being refined are disclosed. New refining methods, refining apparatus, and refining elements disclosed. Met... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376482 | Grinding method and apparatus In a grinding method and apparatus, a machining portion of a workpiece is ground with a grinding wheel on a trial, and shape errors in respective rotational phases of the machining portion are measured after the trial grinding. Based on the shape errors, control dat... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7374470 | Knife sharpening apparatus A sharpening apparatus having at least one guide slot, a drive pulley drivingly coupled to a frame and at least one idler pulley rotatably coupled to a support member. The support member is pivotably coupled to the frame. The apparatus includes an endless abrading b... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371152 | Non-uniform subaperture polishing A method for subaperture polishing includes determining a first portion of a sample to be polished disproportionately compared to a second portion of the sample. Based on the determination of the first portion, a sweep frequency that is a first rate of lateral motio... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371153 | Glass etching An apparatus for etching a workpiece in which a first abrasive particulate material, for example aluminium oxide, and a second particulate material, for example glass dust, are entrained together in a stream of gas. The apparatus recycles exhaust particulate materia... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371151 | Lens stocking apparatus and lens processing system having the same A lens stocking apparatus capable of stocking a plurality of lenses, which has a first stage, on which a plurality of trays respectively accommodating lenses are mountable, for transferring a tray, a vertically movable second stage, on which a plurality of trays res... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371154 | Dual ophthalmic lens machining platform and simultaneous ophthalmic lens manufacturing method A dual ophthalmic lens machining platform comprises a blocked lens mounting structure constructed to simultaneously receive a first and a second blocked lens blank, and configured to rotationally and linearly move each lens blank, wherein the first and second lens b... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371686 | Method and apparatus for polishing a semiconductor device A method and an apparatus for polishing a semiconductor wafer are provided. An initial thickness of the semiconductor wafer is actually measured to obtain a measured initial thickness value. First and second inter-positions are then set or determined with reference ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371689 | Backside unlayering of MOSFET devices for electrical and physical characterization A method and system for backside unlayering a semiconductor device to expose FEOL semiconductor features of the device for subsequent electrical and/or physical probing. A window is formed within a backside substrate layer of the semiconductor. A collimated ion plas... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371149 | Honing feed system having full control of feed force, rate, and position and method of operation of the same The feed system (30) for a honing machine (10) provides a capability to dynamically correct in real time errors in bore size inferred arising from variations in feed force, and a method of operation of the same. The system (10) allows a user to ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371150 | Electric sander and motor control therefor A hand held orbital sander has a housing having an electronically commutated motor disposed therein and an orbit mechanism disposed beneath the housing. A motor controller is coupled to the motor. The motor controller changes the speed of at which it runs the motor ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370405 | Fabrication method of a high gradient-field recording head for perpendicular magnetic recording A thin film magnetic head for perpendicular recording of a single-pole type has a flux enhanced part and a flux enhanced end arranged on a leading side of the main pole in parallel with the cross track direction. The side surface of the main pole intersecting the cr... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368017 | Method and apparatus for semiconductor wafer planarization Broadly speaking, the present invention provides a method and an apparatus for planarizing a semiconductor wafer (“wafer”). More specifically, the present invention provides for depositing a planarizing layer over the wafer, wherein the planarizing layer serves ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367927 | Methods and apparatus for supporting selectorized dumbbells Various exercise systems include first and second selectorized dumbbell assemblies; and a frame having first and second weight supports to support respective dumbbell assemblies. Generally speaking, the systems assume multiple configurations to facilitate both use a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367756 | Work phase determination method for machine tools, and device therefor In adjusting phase for work (W), the operation of mounting/dismounting a reference tool on a spindle (6) is dispensed with and so is a storage space for the reference tool, and besides, it is arranged that the thrust on the work (W) does not directly act on t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369255 | Apparatus and method for capacitive measurement of materials Method for measuring thicknesses of a film, a foil or a material layer with a measuring head which is spaced away from the film and with which a capacitive thickness measurement is performed, in which an optical distance measurement is performed with a distance meas... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369361 | Magnetic head and magnetic head substructure including resistor element whose resistance corresponds to the length of the track width defining portion of the pole layer A method of manufacturing magnetic heads comprises the step of: fabricating a magnetic head substructure by forming components of a plurality of magnetic heads on a single substrate, wherein a plurality of rows of pre-head portions that will be the respective magnet... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367866 | Apparatus and method for polishing semiconductor wafers using pivotable load/unload cups An apparatus and method for polishing objects, such as semiconductor wafers, utilizes pivotable load/unload cups to transfer the objects to object carriers to polish the objects on at least one polishing surface. The pivoting axes of the pivotable load/unload cups a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364493 | Lap grinding and polishing machine An apparatus, system and method for grinding or polishing an optic is provided. The apparatus includes a shell adapted to a bending profile, torque actuators attached at an outer edge of the shell and coupled to each other, a tensioning system attached at the outer ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364494 | Eyeglass lens processing apparatus and method of processing eyeglass lens An eyeglass lens processing apparatus for processing an eyeglass lens includes: a lens chuck that holds the lens; a roughing tool; a finishing tool; a finishing data input unit that inputs finishing data; a water supply unit that supplies water to a portion being pr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363698 | Process for creating a write head by forming a bump after the top pole is formed Methods for creating a write head by forming a bump after the top pole is formed are provided. In one embodiment, a bottom pole is created out of a first layer. A non-magnetic gap material is applied to the surface of the wafer. A top pole is created out of a second... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363700 | Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head The present invention provides a thin film magnetic head achieving improved recording performance by sharpening recording magnetic field gradient as much as possible. The thin film magnetic head has a return yoke layer disposed on a trailing side of a magnetic pole ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366575 | Wafer polishing control Methods of controlling polishing of wafers are disclosed. In one aspect, a method may include measuring one or more pre-polish thicknesses of one or more layers of a wafer. The one or more layers may then be polished. Then a post-polish thickness of a layer of the w... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366704 | System and method for deconvoluting the effect of topography on scanning probe microscopy measurements A method for using a neural network to deconvolute the effects due to surface topography from the effects due to the other physical property being measured in a scanning probe microscopy (SPM) or atomic force microscopy (AFM) image. In the case of a thermal SPM, the... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364492 | On-line grinding method for work roll An on-line roll grinding method for a work roll, which can decrease an overshoot, by which the pressing load of a rotating grinding wheel on a work roll exceeds a set grinding pressing load, is provided. This method is an on-line grinding method for a work roll, ada... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364497 | Polish pad and chemical mechanical polishing apparatus comprising the same A polishing pad for use in chemically mechanically polishing a semiconductor substrate enhances the uniformity of the rate at which material is removed from the surface of the semiconductor substrate, thereby ensuring the reproducibility of the chemical mechanical p... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360302 | Manufacturing method of a magnetic sensor A magnetic sensor comprises magnetoresistive elements and permanent magnet films, which are combined together to form GMR elements formed on a quartz substrate having a square shape, wherein the permanent magnet films are paired and connected to both ends of the mag... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360301 | Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head The invention is directed to improvement of a write element of a thin film magnetic head. The first pole portion projects from a flat surface of a first yoke portion at a medium-facing surface side and having a reduced width at its upper end. The second pole portion... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363195 | Methods of configuring a sensor network A sensor network collects time-series data from a process tool and supplies the data to an analysis system where pattern analysis techniques are used to identify structures and to monitor subsequent data based on analysis instructions or a composite model. Time-seri... | 04/22/2008 |
