The air bearing surface provides a stable flight profile while exhibiting exception load/unload
characteristics through the use of a plurality of pads providing high pressure areas as well …

5,359.480 A g 19. NEle et al. cavity to allow airflow into the cavity. The channel and the 5:
35, A 12/1995 E. et al Set back of the cavity both act in conjunction to facilitate 5568, 981. A …

To achieve extremely high-density magnetic recording of 1 Tbit per square inch using
conventional technologies, the distance between the recording slider and the rotating disk …

A disk drive includes a disk having a recording surface and a head stack assembly. The
head stack assembly includes a body portion that includes a bore defining a pivot axis, an …

A slider with contact interface features for contact starts and stops. Contact interface features
include elevated leading edge contact interface features including elevated contact pads …

US8547665B2 - Magnetic head having a material formed in one or more recesses
extending into the media support surface of at least one of the substrate and the closure …

(57) ABSTRACT A honing head for microburnishing Surface of a recording/reproducing disc
to a Smoothness at which asperities are limited to Submicron heights including a hardened …

A disc storage system includes a rotating disc and a transducer. The transducer is carried on
a slider which is supported by an armature. The armature is used to move the slider radially …

A method for determining presence or absence of a low flying read/write head is disclosed.
In a preferred embodiment, a disc is accelerated to an operating rotational velocity, a voltage …

The present invention relates to the shape of a magnetic head slider which is Suitable for a
magnetic disk having a smooth surface and has the extremely low flying height of 20 nm or …