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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186040 | Methods for creating slanted perpendicular magnetic pole via metal liftoff A method in one embodiment includes forming a resist structure above an upper surface of a substrate, wherein a portion of the upper surface of the substrate is a shaping layer, wherein the resist structure has an undercut; depositing a layer of magnetic material ab... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8171618 | Tunable pole trim processes for fabricating trapezoidal perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) write poles A method of forming a write pole for a magnetic recording device is provided. The method comprises providing a layer of magnetic material covered with a secondary hard mask layer and a patterned primary hard mask, milling at a first milling angle to transfer a patte... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8166633 | Method for manufacturing an extraordinary magnetoresistive (EMR) device with novel lead structure A method for manufacturing an extraordinary magnetoresistive sensor (EMR sensor) having reduced size and increased resolution is described. The sensor includes a plurality of electrically conductive leads contacting a magnetically active layer and also includes an e... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166632 | Method for providing a perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) transducer A method and system for providing a PMR transducer including an intermediate layer. The method and system include providing a hard mask layer on the intermediate layer. The hard mask layer is for a reactive ion etch of the intermediate layer. The method and system a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8151442 | Method of fabricating a magnetoresistive (MR) element having a continuous flux guide defined by the free layer Magnetoresistive (MR) elements having flux guides defined by the free layer. The MR element includes a free layer, a spacer/barrier layer, a pinned layer, and a pinning layer. A back edge of the free layer (opposite the sensing surface of the MR element) extends pas... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8146237 | Method of manufacturing a magnetic head In a magnetic head manufacturing method, a floated surface of each block having plural magnetic head elements formed and arranged on a substrate is ground and lapped in a grinding/lapping step. The grinding/lapping step contains an angle adjusting step for adjusting... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146236 | Method for providing a perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) transducer A method and system for providing a perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) transducer from pole layer(s) are disclosed. First and second planarization stop layers are provided on the pole layer(s). A mask is provided on the second planarization stop layer. A first p... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141235 | Method for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording transducers A method for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording transducer is described. A metallic underlayer, an insulator on the metallic underlayer, and a metal mask on the insulator are provided. The metal mask has an aperture therein. A trench is formed in the i... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136228 | Method for manufacturing a magnetic write head A method for manufacturing a magnetic write head that avoids the challenges associated with the formation of fence structures during write pole definition. A magnetic write pole material is deposited. A mask structure is deposited over the magnetic write pole materi... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136227 | Method for making a magnetic head having a non-GMR shunt A magnetic head having non-GMR shunt for perpendicular recording and method for making magnetic head having non-GMR shunt for perpendicular recording is disclosed. A shunt is provided for shunting charge from a read sensor. The shunt is formed co-planar with the rea... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8117738 | Method to make a perpendicular magnetic recording head with a side write shield A perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) head is fabricated with a self-aligned pole tip shielded laterally by a separated pair of side shields and shielded from above by an upper shield. The side shields are formed from a shield layer by a RIE process characterized... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117737 | Method of manufacturing magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording with shield around main magnetic pole A manufacturing method for a magnetic head includes the steps of: forming a structure on a lower shield, the structure including a lower gap, a main magnetic pole and first and second side gaps; forming first and second side shields; forming an upper gap; and formin... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8108986 | Method for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic write pole having a large bevel angle A method for manufacturing a magnetic write head for perpendicular magnetic recording, the write head having a write pole with an increased bevel (taper) angle. The write pole is constructed by forming a mask structure over a magnetic write pole material, and then p... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104166 | Self-aligned method for fabricating a high density GMR read element A method is provided for fabricating a read element with leads that overlay a top surface of a sensor of the read element. The method includes forming a mask over a sensor layer, then using the mask to define the sensor from the sensor layer. The mask is then narrow... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102623 | Thin-film magnetic head with a magnetic pole having an inclined step at its top end section surface, magnetic head assembly with the thin-film magnetic head, magnetic disk drive apparatus with the magnetic head assembly, and manufacturing method of thin-film magnetic head A thin-film magnetic head with a perpendicular magnetic recording structure includes a main pole layer, a nonmagnetic gap layer, and an auxiliary pole layer facing the main pole layer via the nonmagnetic gap layer. A surface of a top end section of the main pole lay... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099855 | Methods for fabricating perpendicular recording heads with controlled separation regions Methods of recording head fabrication are provided to fabricate a region of separation material between a write pole and a shield of a write head that forms a controlled spacing between the write pole and the shield of the write head. The method comprises forming a ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8091210 | Method for providing a structure in magnetic recording transducer A method provides a structure in a magnetic recording transducer. The structure resides on an underlayer. The method includes providing a protective layer and providing layer(s) for the structure. The protective layer covers a field region but exposes a device regio... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8079135 | Method for providing a perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) transducer A method for providing a perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) transducer is described. The PMR transducer provided includes a PMR pole and yoke structure coupled with the PMR pole. The method includes providing a hard mask and an intermediate layer. A first portio... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8074345 | Method of measuring a bevel angle in a write head A method of measuring a bevel angle in a write pole comprises the step of providing a mask over a wafer containing the write pole. The mask has a first opening over the write pole and a second opening over a sacrificial region of the wafer. The sacrificial region co... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8065788 | Method for manufacturing a slider for a perpendicular magnetic recording head A method for manufacturing a magnetic head for magnetic data recording, that allows a lapping termination point to be easily and accurately determined during lapping. The method includes constructing a lapping guide that has an electrically is formed to provide an a... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8056213 | Method to make PMR head with integrated side shield (ISS) A PMR head comprises a substrate, a magnetic pole formed over the substrate, the pole having a pole tip having a cross-sectional tapered shape wherein the pole tip is surrounded by a write gap layer, an integrated shield comprising side shields on the substrate late... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056214 | Method of manufacturing magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording including two side shields A magnetic head includes a pole layer, first and second side shields, and an encasing layer having a pole groove that accommodates the pole layer and first and second side shield grooves that accommodate the first and second side shields. In a manufacturing method f... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051552 | Stitched wrap around shield fabrication for perpendicular magnetic recording write heads A wrap around shield of a write head is fabricated in multiple processes, with side shields fabricated in one process, and a trailing shield formed in another process. These multiple processes form a stitched wrap around shield, resulting in more flexible and accura... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8042259 | Method of manufacturing a magnetic recording head A magnetic recording head and a method of manufacturing the same. The magnetic recording head includes a stack containing a main pole and a return pole. The stack includes a first magnetic layer having a groove formed therein; an insulating layer covering a surface ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8028400 | Method for manufacturing a magnetic write head A method for forming a tapered, electroplated structure. The method involves forming a first mask structure having an opening. A shrink material is deposited into the opening, such that the thickness of the shrink material is less than the thickness of the first mas... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8015693 | Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head having a lower magnetic pole projection projecting toward an upper magnetic pole A method of forming a thin-film magnetic head comprises a lower magnetic pole layer forming step of forming a lower magnetic pole layer; a lower magnetic pole projection forming step of forming the lower magnetic pole layer with a lower magnetic pole projection; a g... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015694 | Method for making a scissoring-type current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor A “scissoring-type” current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor with dual ferromagnetic sensing or free layers separated by a nonmagnetic spacer layer has improved stability as a result of etch-induced uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in each of... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8011084 | Method for fabricating narrow magnetic read width TMR/CPP sensors A method for manufacturing a manufacturing a magnetoresistive sensor that allows the sensor to be constructed with a very narrow and well controlled track width. The method includes depositing a layer of diamond like carbon over a series of sensor layers. A first ma... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7963024 | Method of manufacturing a magnetic write head for perpendicular magnetic recording A method for manufacturing a magnetic write head for perpendicular magnetic data recording. The method allows an upper write coil to be formed directly on a conformally deposited layer of non-magnetic material such as alumina which has been deposited over a magnetic... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7950137 | Method for manufacturing a magnetic write head A method for manufacturing a write pole for perpendicular magnetic recording for accurately defining a side shield throat height and write pole flare point. The magnetic structure includes a write pole portion and first and second side shield portions. The side shie... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7950138 | Method of forming a pole tip region in a main pole layer of a perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) write head A main pole layer is deposited within an opening in a patterned photoresist layer on a substrate. The photoresist is thinned to expose an upper portion of a pole tip region that is then trimmed to a rectangular shape while a lower portion retains an inverted trapezo... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7934310 | Process to manufacture a magnetic write head Prior art designs of single pole writers have been limited by premature saturation at the tip. This limits the head field that can be achieved without simultaneously widening the write profile. This problem has bee solved by means of a vertical main pole whose thick... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7921544 | Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head structure A thin-film magnetic head structure has a configuration adapted to manufacture a thin-film magnetic head configured such that a main magnetic pole layer including a magnetic pole end part on a side of a medium-opposing surface opposing a recording medium, a write sh... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7895732 | Method for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording having a main pole, return pole and trailing side shield disposed on the trailing side and the cross track direction side of said main pole. A process is d... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7882618 | Fabricating magnetic read heads with a reduced scratch exposure region Methods of fabricating magnetic read heads are provided which reduce the width of the scratch exposure region of a read head. During normal fabrication processes, a read head is formed with a first shield, a read element formed on the first shield, and hard bias lay... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7877860 | Method of manufacturing a magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording A method of manufacturing a magnetic head includes the steps of forming an underlying layer, forming a pole layer including a track width defining portion at least by plating, using the underlying layer as an electrode, such that the track width defining portion is ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7870659 | Method for defining a perpendicular magnetic head A method for defining a perpendicular magnetic head is provided. The method includes forming a portion of the read and write head including depositing a sensor film on a surface only over a region of the read head to form a sensor; depositing a full-film shaping pol... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7870660 | Method of manufacturing magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording A magnetic head includes: an encasing layer made of a nonmagnetic material and having a groove that opens in the top surface; a nonmagnetic metal layer made of a nonmagnetic metal material, disposed on the top surface of the encasing layer, and having a penetrating ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7866029 | Method for forming a pattern film with a narrower width A method for forming a pattern film with a narrower width than the resolution of an exposure machine and a resist used independently of etching is provided. The method comprises the steps of: forming a first frame layer having end surfaces facing each other across a... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7861401 | Method of forming a high performance tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) element A high performance TMR element is fabricated by inserting an oxygen surfactant layer (OSL) between a pinned layer and AlOx tunnel barrier layer in a bottom spin valve configuration. The pinned layer preferably has a SyAP configuration with an outer pinned layer, a R... | 01/04/2011 |
