Reduction Of High Tape Contact Pressure Points Against Head Assembly

Parabolic Shaped Plasmonic Waveguide Blocker For Heat Assisted Recording Head

LASER HEAT SINKING FOR INTEGRATING LASER DIODE INTO RECORDING HEADS AT WAFER LEVEL

Novel DFH Bulge by Heat Sink Design

Parabolic Shaped Plasmonic Waveguide Blocker For Heat Assisted Recording Head

HIGH TEMPERATURE LUBRICANTS FOR MAGNETIC MEDIA HAVING AROMATIC LINKER MOIETY

MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE

HIGH TEMPERATURE LUBRICANTS FOR MAGNETIC MEDIA HAVING AROMATIC LINKER MOIETY

PROBE HEAD WITH TRAILING SHIELD FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING ON TAPE

High-Fidelity, Low-Contact Data Retrieval From Legacy Tapes

Magnetic recording and reproducing device

REDUCTION OF HIGH TAPE CONTACT PRESSURE POINTS AGAINST HEAD ASSEMBLY

Magnetic disk device and method

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

LASER HEAT SINKING FOR INTEGRATING LASER DIODE INTO RECORDING HEADS AT WAFER LEVEL

Device lifetime improvement through constant temperature

Heatsink structures for heat-assisted magnetic recording heads

Reduction of high tape contact pressure points against head assembly

Magnetic head and method for manufacturing the same, and magnetic recording and reading device and method for manufacturing the same

Thermal management of laser diode mode hopping for heat assisted media recording

Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) write head with protective multilayer film for near-field transducer

TAPE LIBRARY SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED, FEEDBACK-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL AND DATA DURABILITY CONTROL

Read head stress reduction

Energy-assisted magnetic recording head with protective cap

Dual writer for advanced magnetic recording

Heatsink structures for heat-assisted magnetic recording heads

One or more sliders that include a protective overcoat that extends across the entire air bearing surface

Thermal management of laser diode mode hopping for heat assisted media recording

Dual writer for advanced magnetic recording

Heatsink structures for heat-assisted magnetic recording heads

Data storage tape cartridge

Coated slider to inhibit contamination accumulation

Thermal management of laser diode mode hopping for heat assisted media recording

Tape drive system with tape surface inspection unit

Tape drive corrosion protection

Data storage device with data writer deactivation responsive to security threats

Magnetic tape drive with a burnishing unit

Distributing tape drive abrasion

Protecting a sensitive device from corrosion

Head gimbal assembly and magnetic disk device having the same

Thermal management of laser diode mode hopping for heat assisted media recording

Magnetic write head with current guiding layer

Distributing tape drive abrasion

Tape head having sensors proximate to an edge

Tape head having sensors proximate to an edge

Recessed hardmask used to form heat-assisted magnetic recording near-field transducer with heat sink

Apparatus having sensors with hard spacers and low-contact-pressure head-tape interface

Apparatus having recessed TMR read sensor structures for robust head-tape interface

Apparatus having low-contact-pressure head-tape interface

Write coil cooling arrangement at air bearing surface

Tape drive corrosion protection

Tape drive system with tape surface inspection unit

Oxidation resistant sensor for heat-assisted magnetic recording

Filled-gap magnetic recording head and method of making

Tape head having sub-ambient channel and methods of manufacture

Tape drive with metal oxide interface between tape and tape head

Data storage device with moving ambient temperature sensor

Head having wrap-controlled flexible media interface

Switching period control of microwave assisted magnetic recording for pole erasure suppression

In-situ protective film

Method of forming an in-situ protective film

Magnetic tape abrasivity measurement

Tape head having sub-ambient channel and methods of manufacture

Thermal management of laser diode mode hopping for heat assisted media recording

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING ELECTRIC FIELDS DURING ULTRAVIOLET EXPOSURE OF LUBRICANT LAYERS FOR HARD DISK MEDIA

Using window underlayer structures to protect near field transducers on heat assisted magnetic recording heads

In-situ protective film

Heat assisted magnetic data recording head with heat sink

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

SURFACE TREATMENT OF MAGNETIC RECORDING HEADS FOR IMPROVING THE ROBUSTNESS THEREOF

Tape head having sensors proximate to a region between tented tape regions

Low wear debris polyoxymethylene composition and a ramp made of such polyoxymethylene composition suitable for various HDD designs

Apparatus having self-healing current-perpendicular-to-plane read head

MAGNETIC DEVICES WITH VARIABLE OVERCOATS

Protecting a sensitive device from corrosion

Surface treatment of magnetic recording heads for improving the robustness thereof

Detection of sensor-damaging magnetic tape recording media

Tape head with electrically conducting surface to reduce triboelectric charging

Near-field transducer with adjacent high-refractive index material layer

Using window underlayer structures to protect near field transducers on heat assisted magnetic recording heads

Flexible circuit with partial ground path

Systems and methods for dynamically cleaning read/write head

Tape head with electrically conducting surface to reduce triboelectric charging

Tape drive with metal oxide interface between tape and tape head

Magnetoresistive element, magnetic head using magnetoresistive element, and magnetic reproducing device

Corrosion resistance in air bearing surfaces

Write coil cooling arrangement at air bearing surface

Magnetic stack including cooling element

Recessed hardmask used to form HAMR NFT heat sink

Near field transducer having an adhesion layer coupled thereto

Adaptive write fault thresholds

ESD protection surface charge control recording head

Laser mode hopping detection for heat-assisted magnetic recording device

Apparatus and method for setting slider surface potential

Slider trailing edge contamination sensor

Magnetic devices with overcoats

DEVICES INCLUDING A MULTILAYER GAS BARRIER LAYER

Failure prognosis device, method, and storage system

Method to coat NFT area with highly thermal conducting material in HAMR structure

Electrically conductive magnetic shield laminate structure for contact recording sensor

Protection of device from electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage

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

Differing magnetic read sensors on a magnetic head

Magnetoresistive sensor with stop-layers

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

Devices including an overcoat layer

DEVICES INCLUDING AN OVERCOAT THAT INCLUDES A LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY 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

Mobile data storage device with predicted temperature management via command time delay

Multichannel data storage apparatus having abrasion resistant barrier

TMR head design with insulative layers for shorting mitigation

Thermal management of laser diode mode hopping for heat assisted media recording

COATING MAGNETIC TAPE HEADS

Pro-active protection of communication devices that are senstive to vibration or shock

In-situ annealing of a TMR sensor

Apparatus and method for setting slider surface potential

Slider with aluminum compound fill

Magnetic stack including cooling element

Electrostatic discharge protection for a magnetoresistive sensor

Flexible circuit with partial ground path

Heat assisted media recording device with reduced likelihood of laser mode hopping

Adaptive HAMR laser power data storage device

Devices including a gas barrier layer

Protection of device from electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage

Magnetic media access head with metal coating

Flexure of disk drive suspension

Head gimbals assembly, method for manufacturing thermal-assisted magnetic recording and manufacturing equipment of thermal-assisted magnetic recording

Protecting a sensitive device from corrosion

Laser optical power monitoring using thermal sensor of a head transducer

Filled-gap magnetic recording head and method of making

TMR magnetic sensor including a conductive material and a passivation film and manufacturing method therefor

Devices including a gas barrier layer

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

Near field transducer having notch diffusion barrier

Heater to keep reader head in stable temperature range

Head gimbals assembly, method for manufacturing thermal-assisted magnetic recording and manufacturing equipment of thermal-assisted magnetic recording

Recording head structure

Method for manufacturing a magnetic tape head using an ink mask formed by printing

Magnetic media access head with metal coating

Electrostatic discharge protection for a magnetoresistive sensor

Heat sink for a spin torque oscillator (STO) in microwave assisted magnetic recording (MAMR)

Systems and methods for protecting a sensitive device from corrosion

Microwave-assisted recording head with stable oscillation

Magnetic sensor shield pinned by a high-coercivity ferromagnet

Electrically insulating magnetic material for a read head

Thermally-assisted magnetic recording head having a heat sink

Detection and remediation of head contamination

Magnetic adhesion layer and method of forming same

MAGNETIC DEVICES WITH OVERCOATS

Process to inhibit slider contamination during processing

Devices including a gas barrier layer

Peg only near-field transducer

Materials for near field transducers and near field transducers containing same

Magnetic head providing write protrusion suppression and methods of formation thereof

Protection of device from electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage

Disk drive read circuit comprising an AC coupled sense amplifier for amplifying a read signal

Magnetoresistive sensor with stop-layers

Magnetic disk unit and thermally-assisted magnetic recording method

Heat assisted magnetic recording head having thermal sensor with high-TCR transparent conducting oxide

Tape friction measurement

Operation of tape drives

Dynamically controlling magnetoresitive bias

Magnetic devices with variable overcoats

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection using low viscosity ESD dissipating adhesive substantially free of agglomerates

Storage media asperity detection

Rotating apparatus with increased inner diameter of bearing hole opening

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

Tape friction measurement

Dynamically controlling magnetoresistive bias

Polyetherimide resins with very low levels of residual contamination

HARDENED LAYER ON A DRIVE HEAD

Magnetic media access head with metal coating

MAGNETIC HEAD HAVING A CONTACT DETECTION SENSOR

Reduction of degradation of magnetic tape apparatus

Collection of readback signal modulation data

Magnetic-recording head with touch-down detector incorporating a carbon nano-tube

Tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) read sensor with a long diffusion path and ex-situ interfaces in a sense layer structure

Balanced embedded contact sensor with low noise architecture

Neutralization of static charge on magnetic tape

Temperature sensor in a thermally assisted magnetic recording head

Reader stop-layers

Head assembly with head-media spacing control

Low viscosity electrostatic discharge (ESD) dissipating adhesive substantially free of agglomerates

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

Systems and methods for protecting a sensitive device from corrosion

Processes for in-situ annealing of TMR sensors

Polyetherimide resins with very low levels of residual contamination

Head-disk interference (HDI) detection

Methods of manufacturing a transducer

Generated gas collecting method and measuring method

Preventing oil migration to slider fluid bearing surface

Magnetoresistive sensor having a structure for activating and deactivating electrostatic discharge prevention circuitry

Method for improving a flexure's electrical characteristics

Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording that includes a sensor for detecting contact with a recording medium

Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording that includes a sensor for detecting contact with a recording medium

Shunt for magnetoresistive transducer heads for electrostatic discharge protection

Optical unit protection on a thermally-assisted magnetic recording head

DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING LASER DIODES FROM ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE

Measuring apparatus for hard disk drive

Method for controlling the current of laser diode on thermally assisted magnetic recording head

Slider pad for contact mitigation

Noise and particle shield for contact sensor in a slider

Substrate for suspension

Rotating apparatus capable of improving the shock resistance

DETECTION OF PROXIMITY BETWEEN A SENSOR AND AN OBJECT

Low viscosity electrostatic discharge (ESD) dissipating adhesive

Thermally assisted magnetic recording device

Electrical current as probe for modulation at head-disk interface

Magnetic tape driving apparatus having a head displacing portion

Magnetic card reader

Methods for detecting damage to magnetoresistive sensors

Reducing the obstruction of air flow through a bypass channel associated with a disk drive using an electrostatic pass-by filter

METHOD OF DETECTING APPROXIMATE TOUCH-DOWN, METHOD OF ADJUSTING HEAD FLYING HEIGHT USING THE DETECTED APPROXIMATE TOUCH-DOWN, AND DISK DRIVE

High sensitivity glide sensor using frictional heating

Upstream spoiler with integrated crash stop

Head/disk contact determination

Magnetic disk device having mechanism for detecting projections on recording medium

WRITE HOLE OF A HEAD SLIDER IN A HARD DISK DRIVE

Hard disc device control circuit and hard disc device

Disk drive and method for adjusting common-mode voltage of an element on a head-slider

DISK DRIVE CONTROLLED TO DETECT HEAD-DISK INTERFERENCE

Disk drive, head-slider and method for controlling clearance of a read element and a write element in the disk drive

Method for forming slider pad for contact mitigation

OVERCOAT HAVING A LOW SILICON/CARBON RATIO

Multiplexing on the reverse link feedbacks for multiple forward link frequencies

Reducing slider bounce in a hard disk drive

Contact type thin film magnetic head with heater for distance control

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

PROXIMITY DETECTION METHOD FOR MAGNETIC HEAD AND RECORDING MEDIUM

Perpendicular magnetic recording head including non-magnetic protruding layer

Method and apparatus for estimating flying height in a hard disk drive

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

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

Sensor protection using a non-volatile memory cell

DISK APPARATUS WITH CONTACT-TYPE HEAD

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

ABS with lubricant control trenches for hard disk drives

CONTROL DEVICE, MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE, AND IW SENSITIVITY CALCULATING METHOD

Magnetic disk device with magnetic head slider having trailing side face part with reduced wettability

THERMALLY ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING DISK DRIVE

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

Magnetic detector including magnetoresistive element and impact sensor

LUBRICANT AGENT AND MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE

COLLECTION OF READBACK SIGNAL MODULATION DATA

Wavelets-based detection of proximity between a sensor and an object

THIN-FILM MAGNETIC-RECORDING HEAD INCLUDING BUILT-IN ACOUSTIC-EMISSION SENSOR

Magnetic sensor including an element for generating signals related to resistance changes

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

Methods and apparatus to detect surface characteristics on magnetic read/write heads

Methods for depositing lubricant onto disks and systems thereof

Slider having a lubricant-accumulation barrier

Slider having a lubricant-accumulation barrier including a plurality of lubricant-accumulation-barrier portions

Magnetic head with planar outrigger

Multi-channel thin-film magnetic head and magnetic tape drive apparatus with the multi-channel thin-film magnetic head

STORAGE DEVICE

INTRODUCED IN MAGNETIC CARD READER WITH PROTECTION AGAINST THERMAL AND EXOTHERMIC CHEMICAL ATTACK, AND ASSEMBLY PROCESS

Magnetic read/write head substrate

Head slider and storage medium driving device

Magnetic head having reduced cost electrostatic discharge shunt

Fall detection device, magnetic disk device, and portable electronic apparatus

Detecting contact between a slider and a data storage medium without a separate contact-detection voltage source

MAGNETIC HEAD SLIDER

Ceramic sinter, magnetic head substrate using the same, magnetic head and recording medium drive unit

MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE

CPP structure magnetoresistive head

Proximity detection method for magnetic head and recording medium

Thermoplastic polymer for electrically conductive thermoforming applications

PROTECTING MAGNETIC HEAD ELEMENTS

HEAD SLIDER AND MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE WITH HEAD SLIDER

Magnetoresistive sensor design for signal noise pickup reduction for use with deep gap electrostatic discharge shunt

Systems having components coupled with electrostatic dissipative adhesive

Tunnel junction resistor for high resistance devices and systems using the same

Systems and methods for protecting a sensitive device from corrosion

Systems and methods for protecting a sensitive device from corrosion

NEUTRALIZING FLYING HEIGHT SENSITIVITY OF THERMAL POLE-TIP PROTRUSION OF MAGNETIC SLIDER

Methods for detecting damage to magnetoresistive sensors

Head assembly having a sensing element

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

HARD DISK DRIVE AND METHOD OF SETTING A WRITE-VERIFY TEMPERATURE THEREOF

Magnetic tape driving apparatus

Laser power sensor for thermally assisted magnetic recording

Long-term asymmetry tracking in magnetic recording devices

Disc drive device

Method, system, and computer program product for thermally assisted recording systems

Shunt for magnetoresistive transducer heads for electrostatic discharge protection

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

HEAD SLIDER AND MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE

Method of repairing the deterioration of magneto-resistive effect device

DISK DRIVE APPARATUS

DIODE SHUNTING FOR ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION IN A HARD DISK DRIVE MAGNETIC HEAD

Grounding structure of TMR and GMR heads with a flying on-demand heater

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

Method of manufacturing magnetic head slider

METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL HEAD EXPANSION IN MULTI-HEAD HARD-DISK DRIVES

Using servo data harmonics to monitor head-medium spacing