Multi-layer NFT for HAMR with a thermal shunt connecting the metal layers

Near-field transducer (NFT) designs for improved performance of heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR)

LOCAL EXTENSION OF HEAD OVERCOAT WITH A NEAR-FIELD TRANSDUCER EXTENDING TOWARD THE MEDIA-FACING SURFACE

SPINDLE MOTOR

Microwave-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) head slider with diamoind-like carbon layer and a silicon nitride layer, and related head gimbal assembly and disk drive unit

Heatsink structures for heat-assisted magnetic recording heads

Magnetic head with assisted magnetic recording

METHOD FOR MAKING A THERMALLY-STABILIZED PLASMONIC ALLOY FEATURE OF A HEAT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD NEAR-FIELD TRANSDUCER

Heat-assisted magnetic recording head near-field transducer with a thermally-stabilized plasmonic alloy

Magnetic devices with overcoat that includes a titanium oxynitride layer

Heatsink structures for heat-assisted magnetic recording heads

Heatsink structures for heat-assisted magnetic recording heads

Materials for near field transducers and near field transducers containing same

Tunnel magnetoresistive sensor having conductive ceramic layers

DEVICES INCLUDING A NEAR FIELD TRANSDUCER (NFT) WITH NANOPARTICLES

Near-field transducer for heat assisted magnetic recording comprising of thermally stable material layer

Data storage device with data writer deactivation responsive to security threats

Distributing tape drive abrasion

Protecting a sensitive device from corrosion

Distributing tape drive abrasion

Apparatus having an array of write transducers having a low friction interface

Write coil cooling arrangement at air bearing surface

Devices including metal layer

MATERIALS FOR NEAR FIELD TRANSDUCERS AND NEAR FIELD TRANSDUCERS CONTAINING SAME

Oxidation resistant sensor for heat-assisted magnetic recording

Filled-gap magnetic recording head and method of making

Materials for near field transducers and near field transducers containing same

Slider having angled or curvilinear sidewalls

Tape drive with metal oxide interface between tape and tape head

In-situ protective film

Method of forming an in-situ protective film

Magnetic tape abrasivity measurement

Hybrid dielectric gap liner and magnetic shield liner

Tunnel magnetoresistive sensor having conductive ceramic layers

Method for manufacturing thermally-assisted magnetic recording head with waveguide blocker

Materials for near field transducers and near field transducers containing same

Mass production of multichannel current perpendicular to plane head modules via preferred milling

Devices including a diffusion barrier layer

Polycrystalline dielectric coating for cobalt iron alloy thin films

MAGNETIC DEVICES WITH VARIABLE OVERCOATS

Protecting a sensitive device from corrosion

Tape drive with metal oxide interface between tape and tape head

Devices including an amorphous gas barrier layer

Corrosion resistance in air bearing surfaces

Write coil cooling arrangement at air bearing surface

Slider with extended three-dimensional air-bearing surface

Magnetic devices with overcoats

Materials for near field transducers, near field tranducers containing same, and methods of forming

Methods of forming magnetic devices with variable overcoats

Bond pad sharing for powering a multiplicity of electrical components of a recording head

Electrically non-conductive magnetic shield laminate structure for contact recording sensor

Hardening chromium oxide films in a magnetic tape head and other structures

Magnetic head, hard disk device, and method for transferring two-dimensional atomic crystal layer to head slider of magnetic head

Magnetic devices including film structures

Magnetic recording head having protected reader sensors and near zero recession writer poles

Near-field transducer for heat assisted magnetic recording comprising of thermally stable material layer

Mass production of multichannel current perpendicular to plane head modules via preferred milling

Devices including an overcoat layer

Devices including metal layer

Tape head with thin tape bearing surface coating

Method of forming magnetic recording head having protected reader sensors and near zero recession writer poles

Systems and methods for protecting a sensitive device from corrosion

Multichannel data storage apparatus having abrasion resistant barrier

Low friction tape head

Materials for near field transducers and near field transducers containing same

In-situ annealing of a TMR sensor

Slider with aluminum compound fill

Devices including at least one intermixing layer

Data storage device with wear level identification

Devices including a near field transducer (NFT) with nanoparticles

Devices including a multilayer gas barrier layer

Devices including a gas barrier layer

Magnetic media access head with metal coating

Protecting a sensitive device from corrosion

Devices including at least one adhesion layer and methods of forming adhesion layers

Filled-gap magnetic recording head and method of making

Magnetic devices including film structures

Magnetic recording head having protected reader sensors and near zero recession writer poles

Slider including one or more fluid pathways, and related apparatuses and methods

Devices including at least one intermixing layer

Method of manufacturing a CPP device with a plurality of metal oxide templates in a confining current path (CCP) spacer

Magnetic devices with overcoats

Contact pad for recording heads

Magnetic media access head with metal coating

Sputtering target and method for producing the same

Slider with high and low surface energy coatings proximate transducer

Systems and methods for protecting a sensitive device from corrosion

Magnetic adhesion layer and method of forming same

Magnetic device including a near field transducer

Slider with self-assembled monolayer pattern

Air bearing surface having temperature/humidity compensation feature

Magnetic devices including film structures

Materials for near field transducers, near field tranducers containing same, and methods of forming

Materials for near field transducers and near field transducers containing same

Peg only near-field transducer

Materials for near field transducers and near field transducers containing same

Low friction tape head

Magnetic recording head having quilted-type coating

Operation of tape drives

Magnetic devices with variable overcoats

Hard amorphous carbon film containing ultratrace hydrogen for magnetic recording media and magnetic heads

METHODS FOR HARDENING AMORPHOUS DIELECTRIC FILMS IN A MAGNETIC HEAD AND OTHER STRUCTURES

Magnetic recording head having protected reader sensors and near zero recession writer poles

Method of forming magnetic recording head having protected reader sensors and near zero recession writer poles

Magnetic media access head with metal coating

WRITE HEAD STRUCTURE DESIGNED FOR TEMPERATURE INSENSITIVE WRITING PERFORMANCE

Write pole for recording head

Magnetic recording head having quilted-type coating

Near field transducers including nitride materials

Methods for texturing magnetic head surface

Temperature sensor in a thermally assisted magnetic recording head

Magnetic transducer including basecoat and overcoat

MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD WITH LOW-WEAR PROTECTIVE FILM HAVING HYDROGEN AND/OR WATER VAPOR THEREIN

Thin-film magnetic head, method of manufacturing the same, head gimbal assembly, and hard disk drive

Slider including laser protection layer, head gimbal assembly, and disk drive unit with the same

Air bearing surface overcoat with soft intermediate film, and methods of producing the same

Systems and methods for protecting a sensitive device from corrosion

Processes for in-situ annealing of TMR sensors

Methods of manufacturing a transducer

Magnetic head having separate protection for read transducers and write transducers

Magnetic head having polycrystalline coating

Low friction tape head and system implementing same

Magnetic head with components separated by insulative portions and electrically coupled together by connective element

Heat-assisted magnetic write head, head gimbals assembly, head arm assembly, and magnetic disk device

Shunt for magnetoresistive transducer heads for electrostatic discharge protection

Patterning process for small devices

Noise and particle shield for contact sensor in a slider

Magnetic sensor having improved resistance to thermal stress induced instability

Methods for providing persistent lubrication to a magnetic tape head and systems thereof

Laminated contact pad for a transducer head

Low friction tape head and system implementing same

Extended cavity VCSEL mounted to substrate with electrical and thermal contact to substrate and optical power directed toward substrate

Thin film magnetic head having temperature detection mechanism, head gimbals assembly, head arm assembly and magnetic disk device

Thermally assisted magnetic recording device

CPP device with a plurality of metal oxide templates in a confining current path (CCP) spacer

Head comprising a crystalline alumina layer

Thin film magnetic tape head including gap between substrate and closure

Perpendicular magnetic recording head

Method and system for interrogating the thickness of a carbon layer

Method for forming a diamond-like carbon layer on air bearing surface of a slider

Inhibiting oxidation of organic contaminants in a hard disk drive (HDD)

Magnetic devices and magnetic media with graphene overcoat

Magnetic head with textured surfaces

Method and system for corrosion protection of layers in a structure of a magnetic recording transducer

Corrosion inhibitor incorporated in carbon overcoats

Supplemental Layer to Reduce Damage from Recording Head to Recording Media Contact

Protected transducer for dead layer reduction

MAGNETIC READ/WRITE HEAD SUBSTRATE

Perpendicular magnetic recording head including non-magnetic protruding layer

Magnetic disk comprising an aluminum alloy oxynitride underlayer and a diamond-like carbon overcoat

Forming an aluminum alloy oxynitride underlayer and a diamond-like carbon overcoat to protect a magnetic recording head and/or media

Magnetic head slider having ultra thin base layer with group 6B element and protective layer

Magnetic head slider having ultra thin base layer with group 6a element and protective layer

Method of fabricating magnetic head slider including partial removal step of protecting film

Wear gauge array for head protective coating

Method and Apparatus for Reducing Head Media Spacing in a Disk Drive

HEAD SLIDER, STORAGE DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HEAD SLIDER

PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/PLAYBACK APPARATUS

SURFACE TREATMENT, SURFACE-TREATED HEAD SLIDER OR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING-REPRODUCING DEVICE

LUBRICANT AGENT AND MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE

MAGNETIC HEAD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC HEAD, ACTUATOR, AND MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE

Magnetic head that suppresses protrusion of medium facing surface caused by heat of coil

Multi-channel thin-film magnetic head, magnetic tape drive apparatus with the multi-channel thin-film magnetic head and manufacturing method of multi-channel thin-film magnetic head

Methods for depositing lubricant onto disks and systems thereof

Magnetic head with planar outrigger

Magnetic read/write head substrate

Head slider and storage medium driving device

MAGNETIC HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, LINEAR TAPE DRIVE APPARATUS, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION METHOD

MAGNETIC HEAD AND MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE

MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE

COATED MAGNETIC HEAD AND METHODS FOR FABRICATION THEREOF

Magnetic recording head coating and method

Method of manufacturing a magnetic head with reinforcing islands

PROTECTING MAGNETIC HEAD ELEMENTS

HEAD SLIDER AND MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE WITH HEAD SLIDER

Systems having components coupled with electrostatic dissipative adhesive

Systems and methods for protecting a sensitive device from corrosion

Systems and methods for protecting a sensitive device from corrosion

System having a TMR sensor with leads configured for providing joule heating

MAGNETIC HEAD SUBSTRATE, MAGNETIC HEAD AND RECORDING MEDIUM DRIVING DEVICE

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SLIDER

METHOD OF PRODUCING THIN FILM MAGNETIC HEAD

Head for tape drive with transversely varying contour

Magnetic head with components separated by insulative portions and electrically coupled together by connective element

CORROSION DETECTION METHOD AND MONITORING PATTERN USED THEREIN

Shunt for magnetoresistive transducer heads for electrostatic discharge protection

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

Magnetic head design having reduced susceptibility to electrostatic discharge from media surfaces

Thin-film magnetic head with through holes reaching medium-opposed surface

Method of manufacturing magnetic head slider

Fabricating magnetic read heads with a reduced scratch exposure region

Protective film forming method

Magnetic tape head with magnetic head layer formed on base substrate

Thermal elements for controlling and manipulating thermal pitch static attitude (PSA)

Magnetic head slider for absorbing vibrations

CPP device with a plurality of metal oxide templates in a confining current path (CCP) spacer

MATERIAL OF CERAMIC SUBSTRATE FOR THIN-FILM MAGNETIC HEAD

Magnetic head assembly and magnetic tape driving apparatus

Method for early detection of magnetic head degradation due to carbon overcoat wear

MAGNETIC SIGNAL REPRODUCTION SYSTEM AND MAGNETIC SIGNAL REPRODUCTION METHOD

Filled-gap magnetic recording head and method of making

High performance computer hard disk drive with a carbon overcoat and method of improving hard disk performance

Method for protecting against corrosion in a GMR sensor by providing a protective coating over an end of a copper layer spaced apart from a detection surface by a specified dimension

Magnetic head with wear resistant portion between an overcoat formed above a transducer of the magnetic head and a media-proximal surface of the magnetic head

Slider overcoat for noise reduction of TMR magnetic transducer

Method to protect the magnetic recording head from thermal asperities during disk drive operation

Non-magnetic contact enhancement feature

Magnetic head/disk with transition metal oxynitride adhesion/corrosion barrier and diamond-like carbon overcoat bilayer

Shield biasing for MR devices

CONDUCTIVE PAIRING FOR PIGGYBACK MAGNETIC HEAD

Thin-film magnetic head having an antistatic layer preventing a protective coat from being electrostatically charged

Magnetic recording head and media overcoat

Magnetic recording head and media comprising aluminum oxynitride underlayer and a diamond-like carbon overcoat

Method of forming a magnetic read/write head

Magnetic head and method of producing the same

Head slider

Seed layer for a heat spreader in a magnetic recording head

Magnetic head, method of manufacturing magnetic head, and magnetic disc device

Storage apparatus, storage medium, and control method and program of storage apparatus

Magnetic spacing and tape characteristic compensation system and method

Head slider reducing probability of collision against recording medium and method of making the same

Thin-film magnetic head with coil-insulating layer that thermal expansion coefficient and young'S modulus are specified

Method to protect a GMR head from electrostatic damage during the manufacturing process

Head slider

Magnetic head and storage medium drive

Tape head with outrigger

Storage device having slider with sacrificial extension aligned with channel on opposite surface

Magnetic head having reduced induction coil electrical resistance and method for the fabrication thereof

Magnetic head with a conductive underlayer above substrate

Dual thickness carbon overcoat

Structure and method for reduced corrosion of auxiliary poles during the fabrication of perpendicular write heads

Method of fabricating a GMR head

Method of manufacturing thin-film magnetic head

Magnetic head including buffer member on groove part, method of manufacturing same, and magnetic disk unit including same

Read/write head having varying wear regions and methods of manufacture

Magnetic head structure with enlarged insulating layer

Magnetic head structure with enlarged insulating layer

Sintered body for magnetic head slider, magnetic head slider, and method of producing sintered body for magnetic head slider

Slider having protective films of differing hydrogen content

Thin-film magnetic head with closure and manufacturing method of the head

Magnetic head closure bond using metal adhesion

Conductive pairing for piggyback magnetic head

Method for making a magnetic head having a non-GMR shunt

Magnetoresistive sensor having an improved pinning structure

Method for manufacturing a magnetic head

Magnetic head with planar outrigger

Self-assembled monolayer enhanced DLC coatings

Thin-film magnetic head comprising contact pad including portions of closure and substrate and magnetic recording apparatus comprising the head

Method of producing a magnetic head slider

Magnetic head and method of manufacturing the same

Fabricating thin-film magnetic recording heads using multi-layer DLC-type protective coatings

Method for picking and placing a clinging part

Method of manufacturing magnetic head slider

Magnetic head slider with shock absorption layer and manufacturing the same

Magnetic recording head

Corrosion inhibitors and methods for magnetic media and magnetic head read-write device

Magnetic head slider for absorbing vibrations

Head design with low coefficient of thermal expansion insert layer

Magnetic head structure

Magnetic head having first and second protective films with different coefficients of linear expansion

Chemical amplification type positive resist composition

Probe head and method of fabricating the same

Magnetic head slider and disk drive with reduced damage to recording medium

Magnetic head and method of making the same using an etch-stop layer for removing portions of the capping layer

Aluminum oxide-titanium nitride sintered body, manufacturing method thereof, and magnetic head substrate, ultrasonic motor and dynamic pressure bearing using the same

CPP-type magnetic head with less deformation and a magnetic recording/reproducing system using the same

Method of making a perpendicular recording magnetic head pole tip with an etchable adhesion CMP stop layer

Etch-stop layers for patterning block structures for reducing thermal protrusion

Tungsten heat sink structures in a thin film magnetic head

Magnetic head for perpendicular recording having pole pieces provided on surface of soft magnetic film

Head shock resistance and head load/unload protection for reducing disk errors and defects, and enhancing data integrity of disk drives

Head shock resistance and head load/unload protection for reducing disk errors and defects, and enhancing data integrity of disk drives

Silicon-made magnetic head slider

Thin-film magnetic head having heatsink wider on air bearing surface side

Magnetic head with air bearing surface protection film and manufacturing method thereof

Thin film forming method and system

Magnetic head, head suspension assembly, magnetic reproduction apparatus, and method of manufacturing magnetic head

Method for minimizing magnetically dead interfacial layer during COC process

Magnetic head with heater of thermal flying height control

High reliability heater for flying height control

Thin film magnetic head including a heat dissipation layer, method of manufacturing the same and magnetic disk drive

Thin film magnetic head, head gimbals assembly, head arm assembly, magnetic recording apparatus, and method of manufacturing thin film magnetic head

System, method, and apparatus for handling and testing individual sliders in a row-like format in single slider processing systems

Magnetic head slider material, magnetic head slider, and method of manufacturing magnetic head slider material

Large protrusion recording head for controlled magnetic spacing recording/reading

Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording and method of manufacturing same

Thin-film magnetic head with heater in overcoat multilayer, head gimbal assembly with thin-film magnetic head, and magnetic disk drive apparatus with head gimbal assembly

Method and system for determining contact potential in a hard disk drive

Recessed SiO2 or Si3N4 overcoat for GMR head in magnetic disk drive

Magnetic recording head with reduced thermally induced protrusion

Method to protect a GMR head from electrostatic damage during the manufacturing process

Planarization method for a structure having a first surface for etching and a second surface

Heat extractor for magnetic reader-writer

Magnetic head structure with insulating layer configured to reduce thermal deformation of floating surface towards disk

Method of fabricating a magnetic head

Magnetic head apparatus and drive apparatus including magnetic head apparatus

Tetrahedral amorphous carbon film and method of making same

Storage device and method of using a head that has a concave surface when powered down

Magnetic head

FPC design and HGA assembly process