FLUID DYNAMIC PRESSURE BEARING OIL, SPINDLE MOTOR, AND DISK DRIVE DEVICE

Head Gimbal Assembly Height Determination with Charge-to-Voltage Converter

FLUORINATED MEDIA LUBRICANTS WITH REDUCED HYDROCARBON FRACTION FOR DATA STORAGE DEVICES

ROTATING ELECTROMAGNET FOR REMOVABLE DISK CLAMP

MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE

VCSEL array for HAMR

VCSEL array for HAMR

Disk device with base and first and second covers

Optical power sensor for a heat-assisted magnetic recording slider

VCSEL array for HAMR

VCSEL array for HAMR

Dual writer for advanced magnetic recording

MAGNETIC HEAD SLIDER, MAGNETIC HEAD ASSEMBLY AND MAGNETIC DISC DEVICE

Dual writer for advanced magnetic recording

Disk device with base and first and second covers

Transducer positions for dual actuator data storage devices

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

Disk device with base and cover

Assembly that enables reduction in disk to disk spacing

Disk drive with base and cover

Lapping system that includes a lapping plate temperature control system, and related methods

Head gimbal assembly and magnetic disk device having the same

Flexure and actuator system for magnetic recording device

Slider adhesion system

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

Recording head gimbal assembly programming by selective application of interconnects

Control of vortex shedding associated with a hard disk drive damper plate

Slider having angled or curvilinear sidewalls

Narrow band dwell monitoring

Within-row stripe height and wedge angle control for magnetic recording read-write heads

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

MAGNETIC DEVICES WITH VARIABLE OVERCOATS

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

Characterizing a sensing circuit of a data storage device

Multi reader head having a varying gap layer laminated between readers

Near field transducers (NFTS) and methods of making

Slider with extended three-dimensional air-bearing surface

Fabrication process for slider with extended three-dimensional air-bearing surface

Slider trailing edge contamination sensor

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

Tape head assembly for linear tape open

Contamination reduction head for media

Variable Rough Lap Machining For Magnetic Recording Read-Write Heads

Bolometer for internal laser power monitoring in heat-assisted magnetic recording device

Magnetic head device

Magnetic head device having suspension and spacer

Head assembly and magnetic disk device

Laser diode unit with enhanced thermal conduction to slider

Tape head assembly for linear tape

Apparatus and method for setting slider surface potential

Suspension board with circuit

Perpendicular magnetic recording head with improved density recording

Laser subassembly metallization for heat assisted magnetic recording

MAGNETIC HEAD, HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE SAME, AND DISK DEVICE

Magnetic head including spin valve element with first to third terminals in which first current flows between the second terminal and the third terminal, and second current flows to the first terminal and is lower than the first current, magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus, and method of manufacturing magnetic head

Shingle verify archive appliance

Substrates for thin-film magnetic heads, magnetic head sliders, and hard disk drive devices

Substrates for thin-film magnetic heads, magnetic head sliders, and hard disk drive devices

Substrates for thin-film magnetic heads, magnetic head sliders, and hard disk drive devices

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

Hard disk drive suspension dimple

Heat assisted media recording apparatus with laser diode mode hopping suppression

Tape head assembly for linear tape open

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

Multiple heaters independently controlling clearance of two or more read transducers

System, method and apparatus for disk drive fluid dynamic bearing

Flexible cable assembly having reduced-tolerance electrical connection pads

Tilted structures to reduce reflection in laser-assisted TAMR

Magnetic head with integrated write driver

Reading method for linear tape open

In-situ lapping plate mapping device

Air bearing surface having temperature/humidity compensation feature

Sensing temperature at a slider protrusion region

Clearance sensor and circuitry using adjustable channel parameters

Contact detection

Slider with shock damping features

Magnetic devices with variable overcoats

Stationary and rotatable components operational with first and second stators

Sensing temperature at a slider protrusion region

Collection of readback signal modulation data

Distributed temperature detector architecture for head disk interface systems

Fluid dynamic bearing unit and rotating device

Head-Media Interface in a Hard Disk Drive

Head assembly with head-media spacing control

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

Magnetic sensors having perpendicular anisotropy free layer

Commonly-poled piezoelectric device

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

Preventing oil migration to slider fluid bearing surface

Magnetic disk device, magnetic disk, and magnetic disk manufacturing method

Contact detection

Reducing particles adhering to a hard disk

Slider pad for contact mitigation

SURFACE EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER, OPTICAL RECORDING HEAD, AND OPTICAL RECORDING APPARATUS

Top bond pad bias and variation control

Electrical current as probe for modulation at head-disk interface

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

Microwave oscillating element and thin film magnetic head therewith

Magnetic head including sensor

Proximity detection method for magnetic head and recording medium

Thermally assisted magnetic head, method of manufacturing the same, head gimbal assembly, and hard disk drive

Systems and methods for detecting head contact

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

Temperature assisted magnetic recording element having grounded near field light generator

Method and apparatus for controlling head flying height in a disk drive

Method of determining flying height of magnetic head

Thermally-assisted magnetic recording head

DISK DRIVE ACTUATOR INERTIAL LATCH WITH MOMENT OF INERTIA AND MAGNETIC ATTRACTION PRODUCT RELATIONSHIP

ABS with a lubrication control dam for hard disk drives

Material deposition on transducing head

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

Head-slider configured to have multiple depth surfaces to avoid contact with a magnetic-recording disk wherein a leading side surface is deeper than a negative pressure deep recessed surface

Head and disk drive with same

Fly-height management in a hard disk drive (HDD)

Negative biasing a slider with respect to a disk to reduce slider wear and provide burnish rate control

Magnetic head slider and magnetic disk drive

Device with a floating head having a heater element

MAGNETIC HEAD SLIDER

HEAD SLIDER WITH A POCKET FOR SUPPRESSING VARIABILITY IN LEVITATION

Magnetic head for perpendicular recording

Write quality of HDD heads experiencing temporary fly-height problems

Proximity detection method for magnetic head and recording medium

Magnetic disk device having mechanism for detecting projections on recording medium

WRITE HOLE OF A HEAD SLIDER IN A HARD DISK DRIVE

Thermally-assisted magnetic recording head comprising near-field optical device with propagation edge

MAGNETIC HEAD WITH INTEGRATED WRITE DRIVER

Head-slider including thin-film magnetic-recording head having reduced thermal protrusion

HEAD-SLIDER CONFIGURED TO FLY WITH A VARIABLE FLY PITCH AND A HARD-DISK DRIVE INCLUDING THE HEAD-SLIDER

Head with slider suppressing back flow, head suspension assembly, and disk device provided with the same

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

Signaling method and apparatus for write assist of high coercivity media using integrated half coil

Hard-disk drive including fly-height-adjustment heating element and position-adjustment heating element and method of controlling fly height

MAGNETIC WRITE HEADS FOR HARD DISK DRIVES AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME

DISK DRIVE CONTROLLED TO DETECT HEAD-DISK INTERFERENCE

Micropositioning recording head for a magnetic storage device

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

Slider design for diverting airflow away from a transducer

Disk drive including head-slider configured to suppress lubricant droplet accumulation

Using an atmospheric pressure sensor in a hard-disk drive (HDD)

Magnetic head slider and magnetic disc drive

Commonly-poled piezoelectric device

MAGNETIC HEAD SLIDER

Reducing slider bounce in a hard disk drive

Air bearing surface of a head slider in a hard disk drive

Methods and devices to control write pole height in recording heads

Fluid Dynamic Bearing Motor For Use With A Range Of Rotational Speed Rated Disc Drive Memory Device Products

RECORDING MEDIUM DRIVING DEVICE AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FLYING HEIGHT OF HEAD ELEMENT

Contact type thin film magnetic head with heater for distance control

Proximity detection method for magnetic head and recording medium

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

Disk drive and method for measuring clearance between a head and a disk in a disk drive

METHOD OF CONTROLLING READING OR WRITING OPERATION OF DISK DRIVE

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

Slider body with selective hard component removal

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

Slider with stabilizing contact finger

MAGNETIC HEAD AND DISK APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME

Sheets counting device

MAGNETIC READ/WRITE HEAD SUBSTRATE

Control device, control method, and information storage apparatus

Slider air bearing for disk drives

HEAD SLIDER AND MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE

Insertion under read shield for improved read gap actuation in dynamic flying height

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

Microwave-assisted magnetic recording with collocated microwave and write fields

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

Asymmetrical air bearing surface for a head slider in hard disk drives

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

Near-field light generating device including near-field light generating element with edge part opposed to waveguide

Method of controlling flying height of magnetic head and disk drive using the method

Correcting errors in position of an HDD write-head

Magnetic recording apparatus, magnetic recording medium, and method of testing magnetic recording apparatus

Systems and methods for Nyquist tone harmonic measurements

MAGNETIC STORAGE MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE

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

Vibration sensor, suspension, head gimbal assembly and manufacturing method thereof, and disk drive unit including the same

STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETERMINING HEAD SLIDER CONTACT

METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR HEAD FLYING HEIGHT CONTROL, AND MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE

Method of controlling a filter coefficient of a continuous time filter and data storage device thereof

HEAD STACK ASSEMBLY AND HARD DISK DRIVE HAVING THE SAME

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

STORAGE DEVICE

STORAGE DEVICE

Magnetic head and information storage device

HEAD SLIDER AND MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE

METHOD OF CONTROLLING FLYING HEIGHT OF MAGNETIC HEAD OF HARD DISK DRIVE

DISK APPARATUS WITH CONTACT-TYPE HEAD

Burnish head design with multiple pads on side rail

Optical recording head and optical recording apparatus

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

Media certification device design

HEAD SLIDER AND STORAGE MEDIUM DRIVING DEVICE

ABS with lubricant control trenches for hard disk drives

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

TOUCH-DOWN DETERMINING DEVICE, TOUCH-DOWN DETERMINING METHOD, AND MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE

SLIDER SUPPORT MECHANISM, SPRING FORCE CONTROL METHOD AND SPRING FORCE CONTROLLER

Fly-Height Management Via Harmonic Sensing

STORAGE DEVICE AND DESIGN METHOD THEREOF

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

Head-slap mitigation in a data storage device

Thin film magnetic head and method of manufacturing the same

Readback signal-based head-disc contact detection using AM/FM demodulation

Apparatus for retaining lubricant on the deposited end of a slider in a hard disk drive

Slider with integrated writer and semiconductor heterostucture read sensor

COLLECTION OF READBACK SIGNAL MODULATION DATA

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

Magnetic head slider inhibiting a side erase and method of manufacturing thereof

HEAD SLIDER AND STORAGE DEVICE

SLIDER, STORAGE DEVICE HAVING THE SLIDER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY HAVING THE SLIDER, AND STORAGE DEVICE

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

Disk drive and method of measuring frictional characteristics

Test device for magnetic storage device, magnetic storage device, and method of manufacturing magnetic storage device

Head-slider including a low-surface-energy film that prevents lubricant accumulation, head-arm assembly including the head-slider, and hard-disk drive including the head-arm assembly

HEAD SLIDER AND STORAGE DEVICE

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

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

DISK DRIVE

DYNAMIC PITCH AND ROLL SENSING IN HARD DISK DRIVES

METHOD FOR DIRECT HEAD-DISK CLEARANCE MEASUREMENT BY SLIDER VIBRATION AND FLY HEIGHT CALIBRATION

MAGNETIC HEAD SLIDER AND MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE

STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CALCULATING TRANSFER AMOUNT OF LUBRICANT

MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE, ACTUATOR ARM, AND SUSPENSION

Method and apparatus for controlling fly-height of a perpendicular-magnetic-recording head in a hard disk drive

Slider having a lubricant-accumulation barrier

Top bond pad bias and variation control

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

Disk drive and method for controlling clearance in the disk drive

SES ASSISTED WRITE FLY HEIGHT MONITOR AND CONTROL

PHASE DIFFERENCE COMPARISON TO MEASURE VERY SMALL SPACING BETWEEN BODIES

Disk drive, method for measuring clearance and method for writing servo patterns

Head-slider with protrusion control structure and manufacturing method of the head-slider with protrusion control structure

HEAD SLIDER

STORAGE DEVICE

System for controlling contact location during TFC touchdown and methods thereof

Head slider, head assembly, and magnetic disk device

Slider with pockets in front of air bearing surface

Slider with an air bearing surface and related topography

Magnetic disk device including a sensor in a case

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, HEAD SLIDER AND MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE

MAGNETIC HEAD ASSEMBLY AND MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE

MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS

FLYING HEIGHT CONTROL DEVICE FOR MAGNETIC HEAD, AND MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE

FLYING HEIGHT CONTROL DEVICE FOR MAGNETIC HEAD, AND MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE

MAGNETIC HEAD SLIDER

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

Magnetic disk drive slider having a trailing edge extended rear surface

GLIDE HEAD AND MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE

STORAGE DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM EVALUATION DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM EVALUATION METHOD

METHOD OF MEASURING VARIATION IN FLOATING AMOUNT AND MAGNETIC STORAGE APPARATUS

HEAD SLIDER, MAGNETIC HEAD SLIDER AND MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE

ABS design for dynamic flying height (DFH) applications

Multi-speed storage device

MAGNETIC STORAGE APPARATUS, AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PROJECTING AMOUNT OF MAGNETIC HEAD

FLYING HEIGHT CONTROL DEVICE FOR MAGNETIC HEAD AND MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE

System, method and apparatus for direct head-disk clearance measurement by slider vibration and fly height calibration

HEAD SLIDER IN MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE

Magnetic storage device and contact detection method

Method and apparatus for dampening and filtering air flow effects in a hard disk drive

PROTECTING MAGNETIC HEAD ELEMENTS

Etching method for forming a multi-step surface on a substrate

MAGNETIC HEAD SLIDER AND MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS

Disk drive head and suspension assembly having a slider with a groove and a connecting step

Head slider producing reduced lubricant adsorption and magnetic storage apparatus

Disk drive in which the dynamic flying height of head is adjusted

INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE

Data pattern for fly height measurement

MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE AND HEAD SLIDER

Head, Head Suspension Assembly, and Disk Device Provided with the Same

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

HEAD SLIDER AND MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE WITH HEAD SLIDER

Head control apparatus, head control method, and magnetic disk apparatus

Head flying height control method, write current value determining method, and storage device

THERMAL FLYHEIGHT CONTROL HEATER PRECONDITIONING

Flying height control method and circuit

Device and method for specifying control value for controlling clearance between head and disk, and magnetic disk drive device

Magnetic head with delayed connection heater shunting

Compliant air bearing slider

Airflow dispersion system

Method and apparatus for flyng height on demand heaters in a hard disk drive

Method and apparatus for reducing slider contact probability in a load-unload (LUL) hard disk drive

CONTACT HEAD SLIDER AND STORAGE APPARATUS

Timing insensitive method and apparatus for spectral analysis in a disk recording system

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

METHOD AND APPARATUS ESTIMATING TOUCH-DOWN APPROACH FLYING HEIGHT FOR MAGNETIC HEAD OF DISK DRIVE

Head assembly having a sensing element

SLIDER OF A HARD DISK DRIVE AND HARD DISK DRIVE HAVING THE SAME

ABS design for dynamic flying height (DFH) applications

Method for preventing fencing during process of forming an air-bearing surface on a slider substrate

CONTROL CIRCUIT AND INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE

Write head with common mode termination resistor

MAGNETIC HEAD SLIDER AND MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE

MAGNETIC HEAD SUBSTRATE, MAGNETIC HEAD AND RECORDING MEDIUM DRIVING DEVICE

Information access device

MAGNETIC HEAD ASSEMBLY AND STORAGE APPARATUS

MAGNETIC HEAD AND MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE

Storage medium driving apparatus and control method thereof

Method and system for providing hard disk shrouds with aerodynamic fences for suppressing flow induced disk excitation