Magnetic recording disk having DTR patterned CSS zone

AM Homola, J Lin - US Patent 6,967,798, 2005 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND In current disk drive Systems that employ flying heads, there is a protective
film of air between the head and the disk, where no contact is intended to occur during head …

Magnetic recording disk having a transition zone

S Suzuki, HS Nishihira - US Patent 7,199,977, 2007 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND In the field of hard disk storage systems, continuous improvements have
been made in increasing the areal den sity (ie, the number of stored bits per unit of surface …

Magnetic recording disk having a transition zone

S Suzuki, HS Nishihira - US Patent 8,064,156, 2011 - Google Patents
US8064156B1 - Magnetic recording disk having a transition zone - Google Patents
US8064156B1 - Magnetic recording disk having a transition zone - Google Patents Magnetic …

Magnetic recording disk having a safe zone

HS Nishihira - US Patent 7,016,154, 2006 - Google Patents
US7016154B2 - Magnetic recording disk having a safe zone - Google Patents
US7016154B2 - Magnetic recording disk having a safe zone - Google Patents Magnetic …

Magnetic recording disk having DTR patterned CSS zone

AM Homola, J Lin - US Patent 7,597,792, 2009 - Google Patents
A method and apparatus is described for gradually transitioning a slider from operation over
a patterned data zone to landing on a patterned CSS zone. The ratio of raised area width to …

Magnetic recording disk having a transition zone

S Suzuki, HS Nishihira - US Patent 7,733,605, 2010 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A disk drive having a magnetic recording disk with a transi tion Zone is
described. A surface texture of the transition Zone induces the head to fly at a greater height …

Magnetic recording disk having a transition zone

S Suzuki, H Nishibira - US Patent App. 11/605,906, 2007 - Google Patents
US20070070549A1 - Magnetic recording disk having a transition zone - Google Patents
US20070070549A1 - Magnetic recording disk having a transition zone - Google Patents …

Material deposition on transducing head

MA Huha, KM Lee, AJ Reddy, Y Dong… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
An apparatus includes a slider body having a leading edge and an opposite trailing edge,
as well as a top face and a bottom face each extending between the leading edge and the …

Head slider having protector protuberance in front of head element

Y Kasamatsu, H Hyodo, S Yoshida, T Yokohata… - US Patent …, 2005 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A protector protuberance is formed on a head slider incor porated in a
recording medium drive Such as a hard disk drive. The protector protuberance is allowed to …

Air-bearing design for hydrocarbon and lube pick-up improvements in hard disk drive (HDD)

E Cha, S Yeung, PWT Looi, BKP Ng - US Patent 9,940,960, 2018 - Google Patents
A slider design for a hard disk drive (HDD) features an air-bearing surface (ABS) topography
with arrays of micro-dots formed on bases of a multiplicity of cavities at different depths. The …