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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7929251 | Assembly, apparatus and method for fabricating a structural element of a hard disk drive air bearing An assembly, apparatus and method for fabricating a structural element of a hard disk drive air bearing. The method and apparatus provide an improved protective layer, an improved structural element consisting of a single layer of structural material, and a method c... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7352532 | Method and apparatus for utilizing a small pad to increase a head to a disk interface reliability for a load/unload drive An apparatus and method for utilizing a small pad to increase a head to a disk interface reliability for a load/unload drive. The method provides a suspension for reaching over a disk. A slider having a read/write head element on a trailing edge (TE) portion is also... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350400 | Test method to measure lubricant mobility on a hard drive disk A method for measuring the mobility of a lubricant located on the top surface of a disk used in hard disk drives. The method includes forming one or more scribe lines in a lubricant layer of the disk. The disk is then spun by a spin stand where lubricant moves in re... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7339766 | System and method for a subambient pressure air bearing slider utilizing negative pressure grooves A system and method are disclosed for a subambient pressure air bearing slider utilizing negative pressure grooves. In one embodiment, a groove extends from a slider's leading edge, splits, and terminates in two locations at the slider's trailing edge. In one embodi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327535 | Hybrid coating for magnetic heads A system and method for providing corrosion protection for a magnetic read/write head is disclosed. A monolayer surface coating is applied to cover those portions of the under layer of a magnetic read/write head not already covered by a previously applied diamond-li... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7314404 | Burnishing head A burnishing head comprises at least two rails, each rail having an inner wall and an outer wall. The outer walls are at an angle relative to one another and relative to a central axis of the burnishing head. This angle permits the burnishing head to exhibit improve... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7300556 | Method for depositing a thin film adhesion layer A method of physical vapor deposition (PVD) is disclosed in which xenon is used as the operating gas in the vacuum chamber in the deposition of an adhesion layer, preferably silicon, which allows the adhesion layer to be ultra-thin with improved durability over prio... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290325 | Methods of manufacturing magnetic heads with reference and monitoring devices According to one aspect, an exemplary method for manufacturing a magnetic head includes forming a plurality of magnetoresistive devices, a reference device, and a monitoring device, where the reference device includes a desired stripe height less than the magnetores... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286326 | Magnetic head with air bearing surface protection film Embodiments of the invention provide an air bearing surface protection film having good corrosive resistance, electrical insulative property and mechanical wear resistance in the state of an extremely thin film. In one embodiment, an air bearing surface protection f... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283329 | Head shock resistance and head load/unload protection for reducing disk errors and defects, and enhancing data integrity of disk drives A slider in a disk drive is shock-protected with an overcoat layer of either metal or polymer directly on the areas of the slider that are prone to contact the disk when the slider is loaded off the platform, or when the slider is shocked while in operation over the... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277255 | Head slider with positive dynamic pressure generating section A head slider is designed to prevent collision against a surface of a disk due to an external impact and the like while a device is in use to avoid damages on an air bearing surface (“ABS”) of the head slider and the surface the disk. This is achieved by a struc... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7265943 | Air bearing for a head to provide reduced cross-curve sensitivity An air bearing for a slider including cooperating raised bearing surfaces or portions along a trailing edge portion of the slider. The cooperating raised bearing surfaces or portions are formed on a stepped bearing surface which is elevated above a recessed bearing ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262938 | Flying-type disk drive slider with self-blending contact pad The invention is generally directed to a slider that is particularly suited for dynamic load/unload disk drive designs. This slider desirably addresses potential disk damage associated with contact between sharp edges of the slider of the disk drive and the data sto... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262937 | Responsive aeroelastic slider One embodiment of the present invention pertains to a slider that includes a substrate, a transducer tip disposed on the substrate, and a hydrodynamic surface including a responsive aeroelastic deposit. The substrate has a first coefficient of expansion responsive t... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7256965 | Adaptable air bearing slider with trailing edge cavity An air bearing slider including a recessed cavity surface to provide an adaptable bearing surface to compensate for thermal expansion or pole tip protrusion. The recessed cavity surface forms a leading edge cavity step to a raised bearing surface proximate to a trai... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251105 | Negative pressure type head slider and disk drive A disk drive including a negative pressure type head slider having a transducer for reading/writing data from/to a disk having a plurality of tracks, and an actuator for moving the head slider across the tracks of the disk. The actuator includes an actuator arm rota... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245455 | Center split feature and pressurization for altitude insensitivity, high pitch torque and high preload sensitivity air bearing slider The present invention is directed to a bearing surface on a slider having a center split pressurization feature which minimizes the effects of altitude or change in ambient air pressure on the flying characteristics of the slider. After a cavity dam and a subambient... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240418 | Method of manufacturing slider of thin-film magnetic head A slider includes a slider main body and a thin-film magnetic head element. The slider main body has an air bearing surface, an air inflow end, and an air outflow end. The air bearing surface has a first part closer to the air outflow end, a second part closer to th... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7233460 | Ultra-low flying height slider design A subambient pressure air bearing slider for disk drives and the like is presented where features of the slider are modular, in that certain parameters of the slider can be modified independently of one another. In one example, lateral dimensions and placement of si... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233459 | Integral wear-pad for slider-disk interference detection A slider-mounted transducer has an integral wear pad for determining interference between the transducer and a disk surface. The wear pad intensifies interference events during disk drive testing and enables the threshold for slider fly-height to be set at a lower l... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230797 | Slider having transversely separated bearing surfaces and openings to rear bearing surfaces A disk drive for storing data includes a rotating storage disk and a slider positioned near the storage disk. The slider has a flying side and a read/write head. The flying side has (i) a leading edge, (ii) a trailing edge that is opposite the leading edge, (iii) fi... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7209323 | Slider having cavity floor with differing depths A disc head slider having a slider body that includes a bearing surface, a cavity dam and a sub-ambient pressure cavity is provided. The sub-ambient pressure cavity has a cavity floor, a plurality of sides and a depth that progressively varies between a point on one... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7190550 | Air bearing slider having a bearing profile contoured for pressurization proximate to nodal regions of a slider-disc interface An air bearing slider which includes a raised bearing surface or surfaces contoured to limit off nodal pressurization. The air bearing surfaces are located proximate to nodal regions of a height field or profile between the slider and disc surface to limit off-nodal... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7165317 | Electrode extension sheet for use in a lapping apparatus The present invention is an object to provide an apparatus or a method making it possible to easily effect connection between additional electrodes, etc. and lead electrodes when performing a processing for achieving a predetermined throat height value or crown proc... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164557 | Apparatus for burnishing small asperities and cleaning loose particles from magnetic recording media An air bearing burnish slider burnishes very small asperities and cleans the loose particles that adhere to the magnetic recording media. The slider applies a controllable contact force to effectively burnish disk asperities or partially attached particles. In addit... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7158470 | Near-field optical head system with integrated slider and laser A near-field optical apparatus having one or more solid state lasers and an aerodynamically shaped slider which comprise a single integrated, monolithic device fabricated from the same base semiconductor material. The monolithic optical head can be quickly and easil... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7159228 | Converter support device with slider A converter that records or reproduces information to or from a recording medium while making a movement relative to the recording medium is mounted on a slider. The slider has at least a pair of openings on a side face thereof, and airflow generated by the movement... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154710 | Magnetic head slider A magnetic head slider comprises a slider body comprising a base portion made of an altic material and an element-forming portion, made of alumina, having formed thereon magnetic conversion elements. Slider-flying rails protruding beyond the surface of the slider bo... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154709 | Slider with recessed pressurization surfaces One embodiment of the present invention pertains to a slider that includes an aerodynamic surface which includes a first bearing surface, a cavity floor, and a first recessed pressurization surface. The first bearing surface is disposed on the aerodynamic surface, d... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7149056 | Negative pressure type head slider and disk drive A disk drive including a negative pressure type head slider having a transducer for reading/writing data from/to a disk having a plurality of tracks, and an actuator for moving the head slider across the tracks of the disk. The actuator includes an actuator arm rota... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7130154 | Magnetic head slider having protrusions provided on the medium-facing surface and manufacturing method therefor The present invention provides a magnetic head slider including rails formed on the medium-facing surface on the magnetic disk side for generating buoyant force so that the slider flies and moves above a magnetic disk to write or read magnetic information. In the ma... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7123448 | Extended alumina basecoat advanced air bearing slider The present invention is an air bearing slider comprising a transducer for communicating with a disc; a composite slider body with a front portion composed of a first material and a rear portion composed of a second material; an air bearing surface defined on a disc... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7116521 | Head slider and disk drive employing same head slider, and method for providing water repellent treatment to same head slider A head slider which can suppress the adhesion of dust particles to its flying surface. At least one air bearing portion and a land portion for forming a vacuum area on the flying surface are provided on the flying surface of the head slider. The land portion is form... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7110220 | Head slider having pads formed on rail surfaces A head slider includes a plurality of pads formed on the front rail and at least one of the rear rails. Each pad has an inclined upper end surface with a given inclination angle such that the upstream end of the inclined upper end surface is higher in level than the... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106556 | Slider configured for rapid bearing stabilization during ramp load operations A slider includes a longitudinal axis, a recessed region, a bearing surface, first and second elongated rails, and first and second elongated depressions. The first and second elongated rails extend generally parallel to the longitudinal axis and are disposed about ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100269 | Method of manufacturing slider of thin-film magnetic head A slider comprises a slider section and an element section. The slider section has a first medium facing surface and an air inflow end. The element section has a second medium facing surface, an air outflow end, and a thin-film magnetic head element. The slider sect... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099109 | Hard disk drive having air flow accelerating device A hard disk drive having an air flow accelerator for improving taking-off and landing of a slider on a surface of a disk. The hard disk drive includes a spindle motor and a disk for storing data which is rotated by the spindle motor. The slider includes a magnetic h... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096567 | Method for measuring amount of grinding in magnetic head producing process The present invention is an object to provide an apparatus or a method making it possible to easily effect connection between additional electrodes, etc. and lead electrodes when performing a processing for achieving a predetermined throat height value or crown proc... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7072145 | Flying head slider with air bearing step face arrangement A flying head slider includes a first air bearing having plural step-faces and being prepared on a base surface at air inflow side, and a second air bearing being prepared on the base surface at air outflow side. The upper most surface of the second air bearing is l... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7072146 | Magnetic head slider and a magnetic disk device in which the slider is mounted A magnetic head slider includes a magnetic head for recording/reproducing information from/into a magnetic disk and a slider on which the magnetic head is mounted. The slider has a first positive pressure generating portion provided at an air-inflow side and a posit... | 07/04/2006 |
