Magnetic head heating element in a disk drive

J Xu, R Tsuchiyama, M Tokuyama… - US Patent …, 2005 - Google Patents
US6963464B2 - Magnetic head heating element in a disk drive - Google Patents
US6963464B2 - Magnetic head heating element in a disk drive - Google Patents Magnetic …

Micro-actuated micro-suspension (MAMS) slider for both fly height and tracking position

Y Mei, L Zheng - US Patent 6,611,399, 2003 - Google Patents
A microfabricated slider assembly used in a disc drive is disclosed. The slider assembly has
a slider body having a stator and a rotor, wherein the rotor and the stator are integrally …

Recording head with current controlled gamma ratio

JL Brand - US Patent 7,957,093, 2011 - Google Patents
A data recording component includes a read transducer and a write transducer. A
thermoelectric device generates heat flow between the read transducer and the write …

Slider with independent fly-height adjustment of reader and writer

DJ Krajnovich, E Schreck, K Saito… - US Patent 7,400,473, 2008 - Google Patents
A disk drive includes a rotatable storage disk, a suspension, and a slider assembly. The
slider assembly includes a slider body, a first slider deformer and a second slider deformer …

Disk drive that positions a head at multiple head-to-disk spacings

E Schreck, DJ Brunnett, J Yu, FP Crimi… - US Patent …, 2008 - Google Patents
A disk drive having a drive housing, a storage disk that is rotatably coupled to the drive
housing, and a slider assembly that includes a head and a slider mover. The head reads …

Internal heat dissipater used to reduce slider and write pole thermal protrusion for thin film recording heads

W Yan, DE Fowler - US Patent 6,760,191, 2004 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Disk drives are widely used in computers and data pro cessing Systems for
Storing information in digital form. The disk drive typically includes one or more Storage …

System for detecting a change in head-to-disk contact status in a disk drive

E Schreck, FP Crimi, J Yu, M Mallary, S Hughes… - US Patent …, 2008 - Google Patents
A disk drive includes a rotatable storage disk, an actuator motor, a slider that magnetically
interacts with the storage disk, and a drive circuitry. A portion of the slider moves between a …

Thermoelectric microcoolers for cooling write coils and GMR sensors in magnetic heads for disk drives

US Ghoshal - US Patent 6,597,544, 2003 - Google Patents
A read/write head cooling system for use in a magnetic storage device, such as, for example,
a hard disk drive is provided. In one embodiment, a thermally conducting patterned cold …

Dynamically adjustable head disk spacing slider using thermal expansion

R McKenzie, T Nguyen, X Chew, GH Lin, J Tsai… - US Patent …, 2006 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Disk drives are Widely used in computers, consumer electronics and data
processing systems for storing infor mation in digital form. The disk drive typically includes …

Slider that dynamically adjusts the head-to-disk spacing in a disk drive

W Guo, J Tian - US Patent 7,724,480, 2010 - Google Patents
A disk drive includes a drive circuitry, a storage disk and a slider having a slider body. The
storage disk has a data surface, and the slider magnetically interacts with the storage disk to …