Asymmetric Side Gap Writer Fabricated By Ion-Beam Etching (IBE) / Ion-Beam Deposition (IBD) Process For Aerial Density Capability (ADC) Improvement

Magnetic Recording Head with A Cross-Track Current Flow In A Low Resistance Path

MAGNETIC HEAD AIR BEARING DESIGN WITH ISLAND BLOCKER FOR SMEAR MITIGATION

MTJ DEVICE PERFORMANCE BY ADDING STRESS MODULATION LAYER TO MTJ DEVICE STRUCTURE

Magnetic Recording Head with A Cross-Track Current Flow In A Low Resistance Path

SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY AND DISK DRIVE

MTJ device performance by adding stress modulation layer to MTJ device structure

MTJ device performance by adding stress modulation layer to mtj device structure

Magnetic disk device

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

System and method for drilling a borehole

System and method for drilling a borehole

Alternative designs for magnetic recording assisted by a single Spin Hall Effect (SHE) layer in the write gap

Air-bearing surface (ABS) design to reduce particle scratch risk

Spin orbital torque via spin hall effect based energy assisted magnetic recording

Current-assisted magnetic recording write head with wide conductive element in the write gap

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

Magnetic recording devices and methods using a write-field-enhancement structure and bias current with offset pulses

Air-bearing surface designs with a curved trailing air flow dam

Split contact sensor for a heat-assisted magnetic recording slider

Permanent magnet assisted magnetic recording

Slider gas-bearing surface designs with leading-edge pockets

Microwave-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) write head with compensation for DC shunting field

Surface acoustic wave-based sensing and actuation of contamination

Magnetic recording and reading apparatus and magnetic recording method

Slider gas-bearing surface designs to mitigate effects of smear in heat-assisted magnetic recording

Articles for lapping stacked row bars having in-wafer ELG circuits

Magnetic head and magnetic disk device including the same

MAGNETIC HEAD AND MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME

Split contact sensor for a heat-assisted magnetic recording slider

Magnetic recording and reproducing device having a magnetic recording head including a magnetic flux control layer between a main magnetic pole and an auxiliary magnetic pole

MTJ device performance by adding stress modulation layer to MTJ device structure

Magnetic head and disk device with the same

Air-bearing surface (ABS) design to reduce particle scratch risk

Spin transfer torque device with oxide layer beneath the seed layer

Magnetic read head structure with improved bottom shield design for better reader performance

Method for fabricating a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) structure

Magnetic sensors with effectively shaped side shields

Coil routing designs for dual and triple perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) writers

Surface acoustic wave-based sensing and actuation of contamination

SLIDER GAS-BEARING SURFACE DESIGNS WITH LEADING-EDGE POCKETS

Spin transfer torque (STT) device with template layer for heusler alloy magnetic layers

Spin transfer torque device with oxide layer beneath the seed layer

Head gimbal assembly and magnetic disk device having the same

Head gimbal assembly and magnetic disk device with the same with slider having intermittent capture grooves

Microwave-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) write head with compensation for DC shunting field

Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording including two side shields configured to enable a reduction in width of an end face of the main pole located in a medium facing surface and an increase in cross-sectional area of the main pole in the vicinity of the medium facing surface

Magnetic sensors with effectively shaped side shields

Double ridge near-field transducers

SLIDER GAS-BEARING SURFACE DESIGNS WITH LEADING-EDGE POCKETS

Magnetic recording apparatus

Tape head having a portion of a bearing surface slot that defines a skiving edge

Single Rh layer optical field enhancer with pre-focusing structures

Oxidation resistant sensor for heat-assisted magnetic recording

NEAR-FIELD TRANSDUCER DIELECTRIC LAYER

Methods and articles for lapping stacked row bars having in-wafer ELG circuits

Slider having angled or curvilinear sidewalls

System and method for reading data recorded on ferroelectric storage medium by means of a near-field transducer

Thermally assisted magnetic recording head having plasmon generator in which dielectric layer is surrounded by metal layer

Method for manufacturing thermally-assisted magnetic recording head with waveguide blocker

Write head designs with sandwich trailing shield (STS) for high data rate perpendicular recording

Hard magnet stabilized shield for double (2DMR) or triple (3DMR) dimension magnetic reader structures

Multi-purpose resistive sensor for a heat-assisted magnetic recording device

Tape head having a portion of a bearing surface slot that defines a skiving edge

Method of forming one or more metal and/or metal alloy layers in processes for making tranducers in sliders, and related sliders

Magnetic reader having a nonmagnetic insertion layer for the pinning layer

Head and disk drive with the same

Heat-assisted magnetic recording head having a non-uniform air-bearing surface

Substrate heat channels for heat assisted magnetic recording for reader over writer transducer application

MAGNETIC DEVICES WITH VARIABLE OVERCOATS

Enhanced write pole and return pole for improved areal density

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

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

Tape heads with sub-ambient pressure cavities

Multipiece near field transducers (NFTS)

Enhanced write pole and return pole for improved areal density

Magnetic write head having recessed trailing shield and trailing return pole

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

Data reader with pinned front shield

Magnetic recording head and disk device comprising the same

Self-aligned hybrid Au—Rh near field transducer for enhanced reliability

Write coil cooling arrangement at air bearing surface

Slider with tunnel feature

Slider with extended three-dimensional air-bearing surface

Selective write power variability for magnetic recording

Single coil turn data writer

Write pole wrap-around shield with gap lamination

Read head free layer having front and rear portions biased at different levels

Shingle magnetic writer having nonconformal shields

Perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) writer with hybrid shield layers

Methods of forming magnetic devices with variable overcoats

Perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) write head with improved shapes of side shield and main pole

Near-field transducer with tapered peg

SLIDERS HAVING AT LEAST TWO REGIONS ON THE TRAILING EDGE SURFACE

Spin-signal enhancement in a lateral spin valve reader

Manufacturing method for reader side shield

Heat assisted magnetic recording writer having integrated polarization rotation waveguides

Magnetic head, hard disk device, and method for transferring two-dimensional atomic crystal layer to head slider of magnetic head

Near field transducer (NFT) including peg and disc of different materials

Near field transducers (NFTS) including barrier layer and methods of forming

Multipiece near field transducers (NFTS)

Devices including a near field transducer (NFT) including peg and disc from different materials

NEAR-FIELD TRANSDUCER WITH COMPOSITIONALLY GRADED MATERIAL FOR HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING

Magnetic recording head and disk device with the same

High moment side shield design for area density improvement of perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) writer

Magneto-resistive effect element with recessed antiferromagnetic layer

System and method for checking the mutual position of components of a workpiece and equipment using such system and method

Devices including a difussion barrier layer

Devices including an overcoat layer

DEVICES INCLUDING METAL LAYER

Devices including metal layer

Data writer front shield with varying throat height

PMR writer with non-conformal side gaps

Slider with aluminum compound fill

SLIDER WITH MICRO-PATTERNED COATING

Near-field transducer with recessed region

Write pole configuration

DEVICES INCLUDING A DIFFUSION BARRIER LAYER

PMR WRITER WITH CONSTANT SIDE WALL ANGLE

Tape heads with sub-ambient pressure cavities

Methods of manufacturing magnetic heads using a trigger reader electronic lapping guide

Write head with coil structure aligned with yoke

High frequency data writer field generator device

Tape heads with sub-ambient pressure cavities

Data storage device with phase lock spin-torque oscillation stabilization

Slider with high frequency voltage ground and low frequency DC voltage isolation

Data storage device with phase lock spin-torque oscillation stabilization

Sliders having at least two regions on the trailing edge surface

Unbalanced data writer coil

Graded side shield gap reader

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

Magnetic writer having an asymmetric gap and shields

Write head having beveled non-magnetic write gap seed layer

Creating a sub-micron pattern proximate a near-field transducer using in-slider waveguide and laser

Slider for magnetic recording system

Thermal assisted magnetic recording head with protrusion on leading side of plasmon generator

Assemblies and methods for slider electrical connection containing through circuit electrical connections

Slider and/or hard disc including coating, and optionally one or more additives that can dissipate electrical charge

STIFF DISCRETE INSERT ARRAY FOR THERMAL PTR MANAGEMENT WITH DESIRED INDUCED STRESS STATE THAT REDUCES TENDENCY FOR WRITE POLE ERASURE

Magnetic recording head and magnetic recording apparatus

Thermal assisted magnetic recording head utilizing uncoupled light

Magnetic head, magnetic head assembly, and magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus

Planar plasmon generator with thickened region and peg region

MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS

Thermally assisted magnetic recording head with main magnetic pole apart from near field light generator

RECESSED IRMN READER SENSOR DESIGN WITH HIGH HK APPLIED TO BOTH REFERENCE AND PIN LAYERS

Magnetic pole self-annealing with current injection in perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR)

Magnetic sensor having optimal free layer back edge shape and extended pinned layer

Recessed IRMN reader process

Varying write pole side shield gap

Perpendicular magnetic recording head and magnetic recording unit having leading shield including exposed end surface and recess shield including mid part

Devices having electrodes on the trailing edge surface

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

Optical devices including layers that wrap the near field transducer (NFT)

WRITE HEAD WITH MODIFIED SIDE SHIELDS

DEVICES INCLUDING MAGNETIC READ SENSOR AND SHIELDS

Devices including at least one adhesion layer

Near field transducer having sacrificial structure

T-shaped write pole

Slider with high and low surface energy coatings proximate transducer

Magnetic head with integrated write driver

Apparatuses and methods for controlling near-field transducer to write pole spacing

Magnetic adhesion layer and method of forming same

Stiff discrete insert array for thermal PTR management with desired induced stress state that reduces tendency for write pole erasure

Non-uniform write gap perpendicular writer for shingle writing

Method of shaping a trailing edge of a slider

Wrap-Around Shielded Writer with Highly Homogeneous Shield Material

Slider with self-assembled monolayer pattern

Air bearing surface having temperature/humidity compensation feature

Data Writer with Yoke Shaped Write Pole

Magnetic sensor with differing stripe heights

Slider with shock damping features

Magnetic devices with variable overcoats

Slider with lubricant control features

Hard disk having a squeeze air bearing for rotating a disk

Magnetic head slider apparatus, magnetic disk drive apparatus, and suspension thereof

ABS design for uniform touch-down and back-off in DFH applications

Devices and methods for reducing lubricant accumulation on sliders

Method of forming a non-uniform write gap perpendicular writer for shingle writing

Advanced air bearing slider with modulation decreasing stiffness

SLIDER EDGE FEATURES

DEVICES INCLUDING SHAPED WRITE COILS

System and method for surface steerable drilling

Silver alloy electrical lapping guides (ELGs) for fabrication of disk drive sliders with magnetoresistive sensors

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

Non-uniform write gap perpendicular writer for shingle writing

Air bearing slider

Head slider having trailing end configuration of a groove formed at a boundary between a trailing step and a trailing pad for adaptation with a gimbal assembly and disk drive

Reverse flow preventer unit

Write head with modified side shields

Hard disk drive slider

Processing method of row bar for manufacturing slider and bar mask for row bar processing

HEAD WITH ALTITUDE RESISTANT AIR-BEARING SURFACE

HEAD AND DISK DRIVE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME

Servo write robust and good altitude performance ABS

Magnetic write head fabrication with integrated electrical lapping guides

MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE USING THE SAME

Head slider and hard disk drive

Magnetic head and method of manufacture thereof wherein the head includes a pole layer and non-magnetic layer having a continuous tapered face opposed to a trailing shield

Head with guide groove in center rail and ribs extending along air intake groove and disk device with the same

HEAD AND DISK DRIVE WITH THE SAME

Material deposition on transducing head

MAGNETIC HEAD WITH INTEGRATED WRITE DRIVER

Wrap-around shielded writer with highly homogeneous shield material

Slider with improved robustness to particle contact

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

Micropositioning recording head for a magnetic storage device

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

MAGNETIC READ/WRITE HEAD SUBSTRATE

Method of fabricating magnetic head slider including partial removal step of protecting film

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

ABS with lubricant control trenches for hard disk drives

STORAGE DEVICE AND DESIGN METHOD THEREOF

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

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

MAGNETIC HEAD SLIDER AND MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE

Slider having a lubricant-accumulation barrier

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

Slider with an air bearing surface and related topography

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

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

MAGNETIC HEAD SUBSTRATE, MAGNETIC HEAD AND RECORDING MEDIUM DRIVING DEVICE

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

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

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

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 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

FLYING HEAD SLIDER AND MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS

Protective film forming method

HEAD SLIDER, HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY and STORAGE APPARATUS

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

Magnetic head device

Magnetic head slider and magnetic disk drive

Slider That Utilizes Surface Acoustic Waves

HEAD SLIDER OF MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE

METHOD OF MAKING HEAD SLIDER AND RESULTANT HEAD SLIDER

Slider with contact features initiated at wafer level

HEAD SLIDER HAVING LUBRICANT LAYER ON ITS FLOATING SURFACE

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

Head slider and hard disk drive having the same

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

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

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

Slider with shallow step pads and rear side pockets

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

Head Slider, Head Support Unit and Disk Drive Apparatus

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

DATA RECORDING SLIDER HAVING AN AIR BEARING SURFACE PROVIDING HIGH PRESSURE RELIEF FOR VIBRATION DAMPING

Slider air bearing with asymetric side rail

Three-etch ABS design with a closed front channel

Slider air bearing for disk drives

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

Slider air bearing for mobile drives

Head slider

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

Magnetic head slider having multiple step portions

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

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

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

Head slider and storage medium drive

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

Optimized design for a contact start-stop slider

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

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

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

Method of manufacturing slider of thin-film magnetic head

Head slider

Head slider having air guiding surface on side rail

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

Air bearing with both low altitude and speed sensitivities

Air bearing with low crown sensitivity through side channels

Head slider and method of manufacturing same

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

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

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

Dual thickness carbon overcoat

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

Flying head slider having depression surrounded by air bearing surface

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

Negative pressure slider with groove

Magnetic head slider

Head gimbal assembly with particle filter device, and disk drive unit with the same

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

Head-disc interface (HDI) with solid lubricants

Method for reducing PSA tilt through increased flexibility of contact pads