Magnetic disk drive and magnetic head slider with stabilized flying

Servowriter ramp detection

Magnetic disk apparatus and method of controlling the same

Apparatus for adjusting static attitude of thin film magnetic head

Hard disk drive with mechanism for controlling protrusion of head

Magnetic head slider

Magnetic head slider with trailing rail surface for flying height control

Disk drive with heater for slider and control method thereof

Glide head for magnetic disk

Data storage device with heater, and control method therefor with timing control

Data storage device with heater, and control method therefor involving different control modes

Methods for forming micro-texture on an air bearing surface of a magnetic read/write slider and a magnetic read/write slider with micro-texture

Method for manufacturing a slider using electromagnetic wave

FLOATING THIN-FILM MAGNETIC HEAD HAVING CROWN SERVING AS MEDIUM-FACING SURFACE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THIN-FILM MAGNETIC HEAD

Method and apparatus for active control of spacing between a head and a storage medium

Air bearing surface of thin-film magnetic head slider and method of processing the same

Magnetic disk drive with heater to control flying height and manufacturing method thereof

Magnetic head slider with suppressed flying height reduction and magnetic hard disk drive

Magnetic disk slider having improved inclination margins in a rolling direction

Thin film magnetic head having a thermal plastic deformation portion and manufacturing the same

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

Thin film magnetic head having heating element

Heater control method and storage apparatus

Method of producing a magnetic head slider

Magnetic head and method of manufacturing the same

Method of manufacturing a magnetic slider head

Recording heads including a magnetically damped write pole and recording systems including such heads

Method of controlling write strength of HDD and recording medium having recorded thereon program suitable for same

Thin-film magnetic head with heating element and heatsink

Method for reducing PSA tilt through increased flexibility of contact pads

Method for reducing PSA tilt in Femto format sliders through increased adhesive area

Magnetic disk unit and magnetic head slider

Magnetic head slider with optimized flying attitude

Magnetic head slider with ground and heater terminal arrangement and magnetic head assembly

Manufacturing method of slider and device for manufacturing slider

Method of manufacturing magnetic head slider

Magnetic head slider with shock absorption layer and manufacturing the same

Magnetic head slider and a magnetic disk device in which the slider is mounted

Device, apparatus and method for removing particulate contamination from the trailing edge of a hard disk drive air bearing

Head assembly having a sensing element to provide feedback for head-media instability

Read-write head with integrated microactuator

Head slider having a leading pad inlet edge with inlet recesses, head suspension assembly, and disk device provided with the same

IMPROVED PLANARIZATION PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CARRIERS WITH LOW STEP HEIGHT

Slider and manufacturing method thereof, head gimbal assembly, disk drive with same

Slider design for high fly write immunity

Method to avoid contact between the head and disk protrusions

Perpendicular magnetic disk apparatus

Magnetic head and manufacturing method of the same

Magnetic head slider for absorbing vibrations

Thermally assisted magnetic recording method

Thermally assisted magnetic recording head and method of manufacturing the same

Method to improve crown sigma control of the slider in a hard disk drive

Low flying head detection using readback signal amplitude modulation

Silicon-made magnetic head slider and method of producing the same

Method and apparatus for utilizing an off-center gimbal to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems

Method and apparatus for reducing a suspension gram load to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems

Method and apparatus for modifying a dynamic pitch of a slider to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems

Method and apparatus for modifying the air bearing force of the trailing edge of a slider to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems

Magnetic disk drive with flying height control, control method, and manufacturing method

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

Method and apparatus for increasing uniformity in ion mill process

Method and apparatus for rejecting contact-induced disturbances

Method of manufacturing a silicon slider by an alkaline etch

Slider with transducing and heating elements formed on trailing end thereof and sharing same thin film structure

Apparatus for measurement of friction force at the interface of a slider and rotating disk

Magnetic head slider having stepped surfaces

Slider tester

Method and apparatus for utilizing a small pad to increase a head to a disk interface reliability for a load/unload drive

Recording heads having electrical pads on multiple surfaces

Servo track write at low pressure using pressure insensitive air bearing surface

Method and apparatus for forming surface shape, method and apparatus for forming flying surface shape of magnetic head

Method and apparatus for forming surface shape, method and apparatus for forming flying surface shape of magnetic head

Optical-pickup slide, manufacturing method thereof, probe and manufacturing method thereof, and probe array and manufacturing method thereof

Method and apparatus for airflow transition edges on noise dampers in a hard disk drive

Apparatus for detecting contact between a read-write head and the accessed disk surface in a hard disk drive

Methods for detecting contact between a read-write head and the accessed disk surface in a hard disk drive

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

Disk drive with airflow control and fins at a transition surface between base surfaces

Apparatus, medium, and method controlling flying height of a magnetic head of a disk drive

Slider for high density magnetic recording

Magnetic head and head assembly

Detection of fly height change in a disk drive using head drag

Magnetic disk apparatus having an adjustable mechanism to compensate write or heat element for off-tracking position with yaw angle

Dynamic fringe phase detection for measurement of very small spacing

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

Thin-film magnetic head with heating means for adjusting magnetic spacing

System and method for improving airflow in a data storage system

Annular shroud for a rotating disc

Method of writing servo data and magnetic disk drive

Magnetic head slider with reduced bearing surface area and magnetic disk drive

Optical coupling to data recording transducer

Method and apparatus for detecting shock-resistance performance

Magnetic disk drive with flying height control system

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

Compact magnetic head slider with reduced bearing surfaces

Slider having recessed corner features

Thin-film magnetic head with heating element for adjusting magnetic spacing and control method of magnetic spacing

Method for eliminating the need for a dedicated landing zone at the outer diameter of a storage system's platter

Disk drive slider design for thermal fly-height control and burnishing-on-demand

Data reliability improvement at low temperature

Disk device

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

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

Head gimbal assembly with flying height controller, disk drive unit using the same, and flying height adjusting method and system thereof

Slider, manufacturing method thereof, and head suspension assembly with the same

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

Disk drive with negative-pitch slider having protrusion pad contacting the disk when the disk is rotating at operating speed

Apparatus and method for guiding bypass reentry flow through contraction and filter in a hard disk drive

System and method for adjusting fly heights in a hard disk drive having multiple heads

Magnetic head assembly and magnetic disc device

Flying head slider capable of avoiding collision when loaded

Sensor with semi-permanently deformable element for active element adjustment

Magnetic disk drive

Thin film magnetic head with thermal flying height control pads located at both ends of all pads series on slider side plane

Magnetic head assembly, magnetic disk drive and posture control method for magnetic head slider

Method and apparatus for active fly height control with heating and electrical charge

Method for manufacturing a magnetic disk device with improved head gimbal assembly

Segmented resist islands for photolithography on single sliders

Flying height compensation for up/down bit error rate trend difference

Magnetic recording medium, head slider and manufacturing methods therefor

Slider with bonding pads opposite the air bearing surface

Controlling head flying height in a data storage device

Detection of fly height change in a disk drive

Glide testing of disks with calibration confirmation testing by inducing collision of the slider with production disk surface

Magnetic head heating element in a disk drive

Magnetic head slider and method of fabricating magnetic head slider

Magnetic head with heater of thermal flying height control

High reliability heater for flying height control

Pressure equalizing fluid flow stripper apparatus

Increasing head-disk interface reliability using controlled heating

Method and apparatus for providing an air bearing pad having improved roll angle sigma

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

Method and apparatus for providing a three stepped air bearing having a funnel structure for controlling air flow to improve fly height performance

Disk drive with slider burnishing-on-demand

Disk drive with selectable power source for heater in a slider

Head slider and disk drive employing same head slider, and method for providing water repellent treatment to same head slider

Negative pressure type head slider and disk drive

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

Negative pressure type head slider and disk drive

Magnetic head slider and method of manufacturing the same

Disk apparatus having suspension provided with head support projections

Magnetic disk drive using femto slider and having predetermined linear velocity and gram load configuration

Magnetic head device

Magnetic disk device and magnetic head slider

Windage plate with snubber member to limit mechanical deflection

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

Integral wear-pad for slider-disk interference detection

Magnetic head with air bearing surface protection film

Magnetic recording device having a head slider utilizing a water-repellant resin lubricant having specified surface tension properties

System, method, and apparatus for improving the multiple velocity performance and write element protrusion compensation of disk drive sliders

Tunable fly height using magnetomechanical effect in a magnetic head

System, method, and apparatus for glide head calibration with enhanced PZT channel for very low qualification glide heights

Magnetic head slider having protrusion-compensated air bearing surface design

Thermal protrusion reduction in magnet heads by utilizing heat sink layers

Write/read head supporting mechanism, and write/read system

Magnetic recording medium including a magnetic layer with first magnetic particles and a protective layer with second magnetic particles

Suspension board with circuit

Slider having rounded corners and edges, and method for producing the same

Flow modification for reducing track misregistration in hard disk drives

Magnetic head slider and a magnetic disk device in which the slider is mounted

Sliders bonded by a debondable encapsulant comprising different polymers formed via in situ polymerization

Method of manufacturing slider of thin-film magnetic head

Thermal protrusion reduction in magnet heads by utilizing a heat-spreading pad

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

Slider for high density magnetic recording

Manufacturing method of magnetic head slider, magnetic head slider and magnetic device

Aerodynamic magnetic head slider and magnetic disk drive

Head slider for disk apparatus

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

Magnetic disk apparatus with shroud and having open space downstream of moveable arms in communication with bypass channel

Flying head slider and magnetic disk apparatus, having a pair of side pads with each side pad having plural surfaces spaced at different depths

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

Slider, head assembly and disk apparatus

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

Preamplifier fly height control (FHC) driver and sensing circuit

Slider with air bearing surface with selected distances between recording/reproducing element and rear-rail for reducing variation in flying height

Magnetic head slider

Circuitry for linear control of head flying height using thermal means

System, method, and apparatus for breaking up large-scale eddies and straightening air flow inside rotary disk storage devices

Air bearing slider for disk drive and suspension assembly including the air bearing slider

Apparatus for burnishing small asperities and cleaning loose particles from magnetic recording media

Magnetic head slider with groove formed in reduced-width portion of trailing pad between head and trailing edge

Hard disk drive cover with protruding blades for reducing disk and HGA vibration

Recording disk drive having shroud

Data storage device and control method therefor involving flying height

Control of twist, crown and camber for sliders using location sensitive scribing

Disk head stability system

Electrical current as probe for modulation at head-disk interface

Apparatus for slider curvature modification by substrate melting produced with a pulsed laser beam

Treatment system and method for a head gimbal assembly static altitude control

Magnetic head substrate material, magnetic head substrate, head slider, and method of making magnetic head substrate

Head slider having groove on medium-opposed surface and recording medium drive employing the same

Fly height extraction system

Method of manufacturing a slider for a thin-film magnetic head

Method of manufacturing slider of thin-film magnetic head

Head slider, magnetic storage apparatus and head slider producing method

Ramp member assembly including flying slider in recording disk drive

Minimized skew angle slider

Preamplifier fly height control (FHC) driver and sensing circuit

Method of manufacturing a magnetic head and magnetic head manufacturing apparatus

Flying height tester and flying height test method

Method of manufacturing magnetic head

Bearing

Precise positioning actuator for head element and head device with the actuator

Magnetic head slider with side pads which each have a width W and a length L, wherein W>L

Disk drive, head slider, and head supporting device

Thin film magnetic head slider, magnetic head support mechanism, magnetic disk drive, and method of manufacturing magnetic head

Hard disk drive for perpendicular recording with transducer having submicron gap between pole tips

Hard disk having air guide

Flying height monitor with servo AGC voltage for write operation in a hard disk drive

Bi staple flying height detection by BEMF control profile and data integrity problem protection

Structures for pole-tip actuation

Magnetic recording disk drive with actively controlled electric potential at the head/disk interface for wear and durability control

Method for actively controlling electric potential at the head/disk interface of a magnetic recording disk drive

Air bearing sliders with a pressure cavity or cavities

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

Slider fabrication system for sliders with integrated electrical lapping guides

Magnetic transducer for perpendicular magnetic recording with single pole write head with trailing shield

Slider fly-height measurement using viscoelastic material

Treatment system and method for a head gimbal assembly static altitude control

Disk drive with head-disk interaction sensor integrated with suspension

Head-disk interaction sensor integrated with suspension

Suspension assembly and magnetic disk drive

Increasing head-disk interface reliability using controlled heating

Flexible, suspension, and head gimbal assembly with piezoelectric layer units addressable by a voltage

In-contact magnetic head slider with multiple surface levels for creating multiple positive and negative pressure regions

Slider having adjusted transducer recession and method of adjusting recession

Head slider and manufacturing method thereof

Thin film magnetic head and magnetic recording apparatus with partitioned heat sink layer

Method of attenuating airflow disturbances in a hard disk drive with a circumferential motor bracket shroud for motor hub flange outside diameter

Method, apparatus and program storage device for providing protrusion feedback for a read/write element

Magnetic disk drive having a function for using a thermal protrusion amount for flying height management and an inspection device having such a function

Two stage lubrication process for disk drive

System, method, and apparatus for aerodynamic diverter integrated with a diffuser in a bypass channel for applications in a disk storage device

Disc stabilization system

Aerodynamic diffuser, contraction, and fairing for disk base and re-acceleration drag reduction in hard disk drives

Hard disk drive with aerodynamic diffuser, contraction, and fairing for disk base and re-acceleration drag reduction

Airflow shroud for HDD tracking microactuator

Storage device slider with sacrificial lapping extension

Method for manufacturing a magnetic head

Magnetic head slider and magnet disk apparatus

Method to determine the lubricant filling degree of a fluid dynamic bearing

Magnetic disk apparatus and method of controlling the same

Slider

Head slider having extension rails to provide uniform flotation and magnetic disk device including the same

Discrete track magnetic recording medium with lift-adjusting surface

Method to control flying height between a head and a disk and apparatus thereof

Ultra-low flying height slider design

Flying head slider and manufacturing method of the head slider

Self-pinned in-stack bias structure with improved pinning

Storage device slider with sacrificial lapping extension

Slider air bearing design with roughened leading edge shallow step for enhanced particle robustness

Multi-actuator data storage system

Dual writer for advanced magnetic recording

Multi-actuator data storage system

Magnetic heads for use in different fluid atmospheres, and related methods

Advanced air bearing slider

Bolometer and contact sensor arrangement for a heat-assisted magnetic recording device

Bond-pad sharing for head-level thermocouple

Bolometer and contact sensor arrangement for a heat-assisted magnetic recording device

Slider air-bearing surface designs with segmented particle-trapping structures

Bolometer and contact sensor arrangement for a heat-assisted magnetic recording device

Heat assisted magnetic recording slider having a consistent close point

ABS design with soft bumper pads (SBP) for mitigating media damage and thermal erasure in hard disk drives (HDD)

Lumped-parameter thermal model of a write transducer for clearance control on magnetic recording device

Methods of forming an air bearing surface on a slider and related sliders

Slider air-bearing surface designs with efficiency-flattening hole

Dual stage actuated suspension having shear-mode PZT actuators for rotating gimbal tongue

Plasmon generator with (111) oriented tip portion for thermal assisted magnetic recording head

Characterizing a sensing circuit of a data storage device

Writer having a recessed trailing shield and nonmagnetic refill

Bond pad sharing for powering multiple writers of a recording head

Reset of magnetic domains in write head via external field

Magnetic read apparatus having an improved read sensor isolation circuit

Self-assembled monolayer to adjust fly height

Recording head with electrically removable component

Read sensor with free layers of different widths sandwiching a SAF structure for extremely high resolution

System and method for detecting shifting of reader-writer offset in a heat-assisted magnetic recording head

Thin film configured to preserve alumina height in a magnetic recording head and methods of making the same

Measuring method, manufacturing method for magnetic disk device, and magnetic disk device

Multi-disk writer with individual head positioning

Apparatuses and methods for providing thin shields in a multiple sensor array

Implementing write head device for contact detection and spacing sensing

H-bridge power amplifier for optical recording head actuator

Air bearing area configuration for reducing flying height hump across a stroke

Adaptive defect avoidance device

Shingle verify archive appliance

Slider having shock and particle resistance

Processing servo data from two or more read transducers co-located on a slider

System for adjusting lapping of a transducer using a disk windage

Write current and media heater control for heat or microwave assisted magnetic recording

Electronic system with media recovery mechanism and method of operation thereof

Shield designed for middle shields in a multiple sensor array

Microwave-assisted magnetic recording head with asymmetric side gap for shingled magnetic recording

Power management for data storage device

Spin torque oscillator for microwave assisted magnetic recording with optimal geometries