Method of controlling flying height of head slider and information storage apparatus

HEAD SLIDER, HEAD ASSEMBLY AND INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE

Thermally assisted magnetic recording head and method of manufacturing the same

Magnetic disk apparatus with heating device and magnetic head slider used therefor

Hard disk drive adapted to detect free-fall and perform emergency parking of read/write head prior to impact

Air-bearing design for hard disk drive (HDD) applications

Methods and apparatus for proximity detection of hard disk drive read heads

DATA RECORDING DEVICE

Magnetic head drive device and magnetic recording/reproducing device using this drive device

Compensating the effects of static head-media spacing variations and nonlinear transition shift in heat assisted magnetic recording

Disk drive servoing off of first head while determining fly height for second head

Method and apparatus for an air bearing surface in a hard disk drive using at least one patterned disk surface

HEAD SLIDER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HEAD SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY

MAGNETIC RECORDING SLIDER WITH FLEX SIDE PADS

HEAD SUSPENSION AND HEAD SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY AND STORAGE APPARATUS

Fly height detection during write operation

Multi-objective optimal design support device, method and program storage medium

MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMUM DESIGN SUPPORT DEVICE USING MATHEMATICAL PROCESS TECHNIQUE, ITS METHOD AND PROGRAM

Head slider and disk drive device

DISK DRIVE APPARATUS

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

Magnetic disk device and head stack assembly

Magnetic performance of a magnetic transducer operating within a hard disk drive

Slider tester

Slider tester

Head with an air bearing surface having left and right leading pressurizing steps, each with short and long regions

HEAD, HEAD SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY, AND DISK DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME

Magnetic disk drive and control method thereof

Magnetic disk apparatus and magnetic disk apparatus control method

FLYING HEAD SLIDER AND MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS

Protective film forming method

Self PSA adjustment using thermal adapter on suspension for improving takeoff in hot/wet environment

Disk drive determining operating fly height by detecting head disk contact from disk rotation time

Hard disk drive tunneling magnetoresistive annealing heads with a fly on demand heater

Fly height adjustment device calibration

Head control method, control device, and storage device

HEAD SLIDER, HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY and STORAGE APPARATUS

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

Magnetic head slider for absorbing vibrations

Information storage apparatus for adjusting flying height of head

System and apparatus for mass-balanced spoiler in disk storage devices

Disk drive device, manufacturing method thereof, and method for setting heater power value for a heater for adjusting a clearance

HEAD SLIDER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HEAD SLIDER

Magnetic head device

Magnetic head slider and magnetic disk drive

AIRFLOW DIVERTER PLATE IN A DATA STORAGE DEVICE

Slider That Utilizes Surface Acoustic Waves

System and method for measuring air bearing gap distance

STORAGE DEVICE

ACTUATOR SHROUD

HEAD SLIDER OF MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE

MAGNETIC HEAD AND DISK DRIVE WITH HIGH-FREQUENCY ASSISTED WRITING

Adjusting a fly-height in hard disk drives

Frictional heat assisted recording

Monitoring a fly height of a magnetic transducer

METHOD OF MAKING HEAD SLIDER AND RESULTANT HEAD SLIDER

STORAGE APPARATUS AND HEAD SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY

Slider with contact features initiated at wafer level

Monitoring a fly height of a magnetic transducer

HEAD SLIDER HAVING LUBRICANT LAYER ON ITS FLOATING SURFACE

Optical fly height measurement

Method and system for measuring spacing in a perpendicular magnetic recording

STORAGE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL UNIT

Patterning a surface comprising silicon and carbon

Electric field read/write head, method of manufacturing the same, and information storage device comprising the electric field read/write head

Head-disc interface (HDI) modal response monitoring

Head assembly, head suspension assembly, and disk device provided with head assembly

INFORMATION STORAGE APPARATUS

Sensing Device for Sensing Installation Position of a Read Head

Non-contact measurement of slider fly height by electrostatic force

Head integrated circuit and storage apparatus including the same

Using inductance to measure writer spacing in perpendicular magnetic recording

Head slider and hard disk drive having the same

Air bearing surface with higher flying height for lower rotating speed drives

Thermally enhanced disk drive

Head slider

Systems and methods for reduction of cross coupling in proximate signal lines

Method and mechanism of the suspension resonance optimization for the hard disk driver

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

Reducing the height of a defect associated with an air bearing surface

Forming a planarized surface for at least one bar of sliders

Magnetic head slider with diffusion stop films each of which is disposed between the associated terminal portion and lead portion or between the associated lead portion and seed film

Slider overcoat for noise reduction of TMR magnetic transducer

Single piece air diverter for a data storage device

Hard disk drive, method of controlling flying height of magnetic head thereof, and recording medium containing computer program thereon

Hard disk drive apparatus, method of controlling flying height of magnetic head thereof, and recording medium to contain computer program therefor

SYSTEM FOR MEASURING HEAD SPACING (FLY HEIGHT) IN A DISK DRIVE

MAGNETIC HEAD SLIDER

Head with an air bearing surface having a shallow recessed trailing air flow dam

Head slider for disk apparatus with rail portions

Head with a transducer overcoat having a trailing air flow dam that is shallowly recessed from an air bearing surface

Head slider and magnetic recording device therewith

Slider with shallow step pads and rear side pockets

Hard disk drive having improved head stability at low temperature and method of applying current to a head of the hard disk drive

Altitude sensing systems and methods for fly height adjustment

Air bearing slider-disk interface for single-sided recording on a metal foil disk

Head Slider, Head Support Unit and Disk Drive Apparatus

Suspension with bi-layer flexure base whose layers have different coefficients of thermal expansion to eliminate thermally induced flying height variations

Integrated silicon micro-actuator slider

Storage device and storage device controller including feature for causing thermal protrusion phenomenon in the head during startup period of device

Head slider, magnetic storage device and control circuit, having cleaning mechanism

Algorithm decoupling altitude effect from temperature/humidity sensor

Methods and apparatus to monitor and control hard-disk head position

Head slider having light emission device and optical absorption, method for controlling flying height thereof, and controlling circuit thereof

Method for specifying control value for controlling clearance adjustment amount between head and disk, disk drive device and manufacturing method thereof

Magnetic recording device including a thermal proximity sensor

Head control device, storage device, and contact detection method

Systems and/or methods for controlling bias voltages between recording media and read/write heads in disk drive devices

Disk drive device, altitude determination method therefore and method for determining characteristic of head element portion

Slider air bearing with asymetric side rail

Information recording device

Burn-in process of producing data correlating elevation of disk drive head to temperature and method of controlling the elevation of the disk drive head using the data

Methods and apparatus to monitor hard-disk drive head position

Three-etch ABS design with a closed front channel

Hard disk drive apparatus, method to control flying height of magnetic head thereof, and recording media for computer program therefor

Head-gap calculating device, storage device, head-gap calculating method, and computer product

Slider air bearing for disk drives

Head slider, hard disk drive having the same, and method of controlling the height of the head slider

HARD DISK DRIVE APPARATUS TO CONTROL FLYING HEIGHT OF MAGNETIC HEAD AND METHOD THEREOF

Magnetic head slider using giant magnetostrictive material

Head slider

Method and apparatus for component level measurement of flying height for a head GIMBAL assembly for use in a hard disk drive

Spectral analysis of a position error signal

Magnetic Spacing Map Method and Apparatus for a Disk Drive

Magnetic head that includes negative expansion material

Slider air bearing for mobile drives

Head slider

Electrostatic fly-height control

Fly height control apparatus and electrical coupling thereto for supporting a magnetic recording transducer

Enabling intermittent contact recording on-demand

Tradeoff between reliability and performance for a disk drive

Iteration method to improve the fly height measurement accuracy by optical interference method and theoretical pitch and roll effect

Head slider capable of being reliably released from effect of moving recording medium

Magnetic head slider having multiple step portions

Method FPR manufacturing a magnetic write head

Apparatus, system, and method for detection of fly height margin using controlled excitation of air bearing mode

Method and apparatus supporting a slider having multiple deflection rails in a negative pressure pocket for a hard disk drive

Disk drive with head fly-height compensation for disk surface variations

Manufacturing method of floating head, manufacturing method of storage device, and floating head inspecting apparatus

Transmissive disk, manufacturing method thereof, and levitation measurement apparatus using transmissive disk

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

Head control device, storage device, and maximum power determining method

Head slider and storage medium drive

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

PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HARD DISK DEVICE, PROCESS FOR ADJUSTING FLYING HEIGHT OF MAGNETIC HEAD, AND HARD DISK DEVICE

Non-contact measurement of slider fly height by electrostatic force

Air bearing surface method and apparatus optimizing flying height on demand efficiency during flying height on demand activity of slider in a hard disk drive

Slider with hook-shaped air compression mechanisms near trailing edge corners

Slider with an air bearing surface having a inter-cavity dam with OD and ID dam surfaces of different heights

Head having a transducer heater and an air bearing surface with a flow-diversion dam and pressure-relief trough disposed upstream of the transducer

Air bearing design with a flatter pitch profile for reducing particle TAs

Head slider and method of making the same and grinding apparatus for head slider

Manufacturing method of Head Gimbal Assembly, head slider, and storage device

Head controller, storage device, and head controlling method

Control device, control method, and storage apparatus for controlling read head and write head clearance

Top disk-damper imbedded hard disk drive

Head slider including heater causing expansion of lower shielding layer

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

Detection of HDI in disk drives using read back signal

Optimized design for a contact start-stop slider

Head amplifier with a heat controller

Apparatus and method for detecting low flying sliders

Method and apparatus for pitch angle actuation of slider based upon pressure and humidity conditions in a contact start-stop CSS

Head slider having a flat first step and a second flat step with a groove therein, and disk drive employing the head slider

System, method, and apparatus for lightweight spoiler wing design for de-populated disk drives

Advanced air bearing and detection method for media glide testing at ultra-low flying height

Head slider having recess at outflow end of front air bearing surface

Air pressure sensor

Storage apparatus, control method, control device, and program which preheats head

Process for fabricating a slider or head for a data storage device

Magnetic head slider with crown profile and fabrication method for the magnetic head slider

Method of manufacturing slider of thin-film magnetic head

FLUID DYNAMIC PRESSURE EMPLOYING BEARING, SPINDLE MOTOR, AND STORAGE DISK DRIVE

Head slider

Head slider having air guiding surface on side rail

Magnetic disk drive and head slider

Storage apparatus, control method, control device, and program which can control flying height of head accurate

Measuring method of flying height and magnetic disk drive apparatus capable of adjusting flying height

Device and method for adjusting distance between magnetic head and data storage medium

Reducing read/write head track misregistration

Perpendicular magnetic recording head including heating element

System and method for a subambient pressure air bearing slider utilizing negative pressure grooves

TRANSDUCER FLY HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION RANGE REDUCTION

Air bearing with both low altitude and speed sensitivities

Air bearing with low crown sensitivity through side channels

Freezing point reduction in FDB by enhancing lubricants with additives

Method of manufacturing magnetic head slider

Head slider and method of manufacturing same

Disk drive and disk drive control method

Thin film magnetic head with flying height adjustment capability

Head, head suspension assembly, and disk device provided with the same

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

Reducing the obstruction of air flow through a bypass channel associated with a disk drive

Head-disc contact detection using a microactuator

Detection of fly height change in a disk drive

Method of manufacturing pre-sliders for read write heads by annealing to saturation

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

Head slider, glide height checking apparatus, and glide height checking method

Head, head suspension assembly, and disk device provided with the same

Method and apparatus for an air bearing surface to reduce contamination due to saturation water vapor pressure in a hard disk drive

Method and apparatus reducing flying height drop in a hard disk drive under humid conditions

Head slap detecting device, storage device, head slap detecting method, and computer product

Optical near-field generator and recording and reproduction apparatus

Apparatus and method for slider including shape memory alloy pads in a hard disk drive

Asymmetric opposed slider air bearings for high speed recording on a metal foil disk

Method of making storage disk drive having reduced space between storage disk and rectifier plate

Method and apparatus for adaptation to humidity in a hard disk drive

Head damage detection based on actuation efficiency measurements

Estimation and control of head fly height

Estimating residual temperature for flying height adjustment of read/write heads

Control device of storage/reproduction mechanism

Head floating amount control method and unit, storage apparatus and computer-readable program

Algorithm to detect the touch down of the flying head on disk

Apparatus and method for including amplification of read signal in slider of a hard disk drive

Apparatus and method for head gimbal assembly sharing power to slider amplifier and micro-actuator in a hard disk drive

Thin film magnetic head

Apparatus and method for piezoelectric layer as vertical micro-actuator in slider of a hard disk drive

Apparatus and method for preventing excessive thermal pole tip protrusion in slider of a hard disk drive

Hard disk drive, method for controlling FOD voltage thereof, and computer readable recording medium recording the method

Magnetic head slider having spherical of ellipsoidal projection formed thereon

Information-recording/reproducing apparatus and method of detecting the gap between a head and a recording medium

Suspension for a disc drive having a slider and a dimple shifted toward a trailing side of the slider

Magnetic head slider with resistive heating film meandering in stacking direction

Disk drive and control method thereof

Information recording/reproduction apparatus, head levitation height control method and head levitation control circuit

MAGNETIC DISK DEFECT TEST METHOD, PROTRUSION TEST DEVICE AND GLIDE TESTER

Proximity recording slider with high air bearing damping in and out of contact

Slider incorporating heaters and ELGs and method of fabrication

Low protrusion compensation air bearing

Magnetic spacing control method for magnetic head, read/write circuit, and magnetic disk device using same

Flying height control for read-to-write and write-to-read transitions

Apparatus and method to control flying height of magnetic head in retry mode and disk drive using the same

Actuation efficiency based contact detection

Fly height compensation using temperature and non-repeatable runouts

Storage device, control method, control device, and program

Storage device, control device, control method, and program

Head flying height measuring apparatus in magnetic storage device

Compensating the effects of static head-media spacing variations and nonlinear transition shift in heat assisted magnetic recording

Fly height calibration for read/write heads

Head inspection apparatus and method thereof

Thin-film piezoelectric device and method of manufacturing the same

Circuit for flying height on demand

Heater control method and storage apparatus

Disk drive write control by servo gain

Method for forming recess on slider surface

Slider with a constant flying height

MAGNETIC HEAD DEVICE CAPABLE OF STABILIZING THE FLOATING DISTANCE BETWEEN A MAGNETIC FUNCTIONAL UNIT AND THE SURFACE OF A RECORDING MEDIUM

Thin-film magnetic head controlling floating amount by locally projecting element portion toward recording medium by thermal expansion and method of manufacturing the same

Flying height measurement apparatus and method therefor

Recording disk drive with reduced noise thermal flyheight control

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

Air bearing surface of a hard disk drive head

Methods and apparatus for controlling read/write duty cycle in a data storage device based on thermal inputs

Magnetic head slider

Method to detect the touch down of the flying head on disk

Fly on demand in situ clearance measurement concept in hard disk drive

Disk device and method of controlling the disk device

Recording-medium inspection apparatus and method

Head apparatus having a slider with first and second positive pressure parts and a negative pressure part and disc drive having the same

Transducer-data storage medium spacing adjustment

Flying head slider having depression surrounded by air bearing surface

THIN-FILM MAGNETIC HEAD HAVING CONTROLLED LEVITATION AMOUNT BY LOCALLY PROJECTING AN ELEMENT PORTION TOWARD RECORDING MEDIUM USING THERMAL EXPANSION

Multi-purpose flow control device comprised in a data storage device

Method of controlling movement of a transducer and disk drive using same

Disk drive that controls heater current according to rotational speed

Media drive and control method for the same

Slider air bearing for mobile drives

Flying head slider and recording medium drive

Pad slider design for on-slider ELGs

Magnetic head structure with enlarged insulating layer

Method and apparatus for estimating and controlling the flying height of a read-write head in a hard disk drive

Head slider for hard disk drive

Air bearing surface with shallow center channel

Assembly, apparatus and method for fabricating a structural element of a hard disk drive air bearing

Head slider having an air bearing surface (ABS) with a shallow recess (SR) retreated behind the ABS and a cavity retreated behind the ABS and SR, hard disk drive including the same, and method of floating the same

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

MAGNETIC HEAD UNIT CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING VARIATION IN FLOATING DISTANCE FROM RECORDING MEDIUM DUE TO VARIATION IN AIR DENSITY OF ENVIRONMENT

Aerodynamic diverter integrated with a diffuser and a contraction in a bypass channel for a disk storage device

Method of adjusting recession of an element of a slider

MAGNETIC HEAD DEVICE

Magnetic head structure with enlarged insulating layer

β-phase tantalum thin-film resistor and thin-film magnetic head with the resistor

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

Apparatus and method for detecting contact between head and recording medium, and method for manufacturing head

Contact detecting apparatus, and method for detecting contact

Texturing pads and slurry for magnetic heads

Method of manufacturing head, head, and disk driving device

Magnetic head device having rear positive pressure surface and rear side positive pressure surface

Slider having protective films of differing hydrogen content

Contact type thin film magnetic head with heaters for distance control

Method for controlling overcoat recession in a magnetic thin film head

Hard disk drive adapted to detect free-fall and perform emergency parking of read/write head prior to impact

Negative pressure slider with groove

Magnetic disk drive

Rotor blade and hard disk drive having the same

Low thermal coefficient of resistivity on-slider tunneling magneto-resistive shunt resistor

Magnetic disk drive with air bearing surface design for data area expansion

Head suspension assembly and disk drive using the same