MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE

Read/write device for a hard-disk memory system, and corresponding manufacturing process

Adjusting HGA z-height via HSA elevator using head/actuator feedback

Read/write device for a hard-disk memory system, and corresponding manufacturing process

Calibrating elevator actuator for disk drive

Surface acoustic wave-based sensing and actuation of contamination

ACTIVE CONTROL OF A READ/WRITE HEAD

Surface acoustic wave-based sensing and actuation of contamination

Active control of a read/write head

Active fiber composite data storage device suspension

DETECTION OF READ-WRITE HEAD TOUCHDOWN USING HEAD ACTUATOR

Recording head with piezoelectric contact sensor

Friction force measurement assembly and method

And method of operation of micro-milliactuators and micro-microactuators

Electrical current as probe for modulation at head-disk interface

ACTIVE HEAD SLIDER HAVING PIEZOELECTRIC AND THERMAL ACTUATORS

Sheets counting device

Disk drive and method of measuring frictional characteristics

Disk drive and method for controlling clearance in the disk drive

MAGNETIC HEAD AND MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE

Magnetic disk drive and control method thereof

HEAD SLIDER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HEAD SLIDER

Monitoring a fly height of a magnetic transducer

STORAGE APPARATUS AND HEAD SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY

Monitoring a fly height of a magnetic transducer

Magnetic disk drive for controlling flying height of magnetic head

Head-disc interface (HDI) modal response monitoring

Head slider

Altitude sensing systems and methods for fly height adjustment

Integrated silicon micro-actuator slider

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

Magnetic Spacing Map Method and Apparatus for a Disk Drive

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

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

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

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

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

TRANSDUCER FLY HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION RANGE REDUCTION

Method and apparatus for sensing leakage current to estimate and possibly adjust flying height of a read-write head in a hard disk drive

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

Electrical current as probe for modulation at head-disk interface

Method and apparatus for dynamically establishing pitch static attitude in hard disk drive

Method for making a magnetic recording head with a piezoelectric actuator for controlling head-media spacing

Movable ramp with arm engaging bracket for an elevator drive on a magnetic disc recording device

Calibrating elevator actuator for disk drive

Data storage device suspension strut damping system

Data storage device employing low duty cycle square wave to detect head touchdown

Data storage device detecting minimum stable fly height of a head over a disk

Data storage device detecting fly height instability of head during load operation based on microactuator response

Nonlinearity-based contact prediction

Slider of a disk drive having data favorable load/unload attitude