Slider and suspension arm interconnection for magnetic storage device

Disk drive head suspension tail with a noble metal layer disposed on a plurality of structural backing islands

Disk drive head suspension tail with stiffened edge alignment features

HARDENED LAYER ON A DRIVE HEAD

Apparatus for manufacturing a head suspension

METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A ROTATING DEVICE

Method and a device for titling

Method of assembling a hard disk drive

Method for inspecting a slider for a disk drive

Head suspension with damping

Method for improving a flexure's electrical characteristics

Suspension for a disk drive including a load beam having a recess containing a damper, and method for manufacturing suspension

Rotating apparatus capable of improving the shock resistance

Method for manufacturing a disk drive head suspension

Method of producing a perpendicular magnetic disc

Method of manufacturing a magnetic disk

Magnetic head with protective layer and a protective film removal method for the magnetic head

Method of centering a disk of hard disk drive

Method for manufacturing an integrated lead suspension

Method of manufacturing head gimbal assembly

Method and system for manufacturing a hard-disk drive

Multi-layer ground plane structures for integrated lead suspensions

SINGLE-SIDED STORAGE MEDIA

Method of manufacturing an integrated lead head suspension flexure

Method of manufacturing a disk drive device for reducing adhesive amount of particles

Method of making a fluid bearing

Head stack assembly incorporating device, magnetic disk device manufacturing device, and method of manufacturing magnetic disk device

Method for manufacturing head gimbal assembly, and method for manufacturing hard disk drive

Method for manufacturing a suspension

Suspension board with circuit and producing method thereof

Method of manufacturing a disk drive using a media cover

Heat-assisted magnetic recording head constituted of slider and light source unit, and manufacturing method of the head

Method of manufacturing a head suspension

Method of reclaiming a head suspension from a head gimbal assembly

Slider tester and method for testing slider

Manufacturing apparatus of a head gimbal assembly and manufacturing method of a head gimbal assembly

Tool for loading a head onto a disk of a hard disk drive

Method of manufacturing hard disk recording device using patterned medium

METHOD AND MECHANISM OF PZT MICRO-ACTUATOR ATTACHMENT FOR THE HARD DISK DRIVER ARM

Method for manufacturing a head suspension

Servo track writer clockhead radius jig

Electrical connection between a suspension flexure cable and a head stack assembly flexible circuit

Method for assembling a disk drive using a shipping comb

HARD DISK DRIVE MOUNTING METHOD, MAGNETIC BLOCK AND CLAMP DEDICATED FOR THE METHOD

Apparatus for detaching a head slider joined to a mounting plate of suspension

ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN A SUSPENSION FLEXURE CABLE AND A HEAD STACK ASSEMBLY FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT

Thermally insulating bonding pad structure for solder reflow connection

Approaches for manufacturing a head gimbal assembly

Method for joining components with shape memory alloys

Method of aligning components for installation on a head suspension assembly

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HEAD ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISK DEVICE

Head suspension flexure with conductive polymer layer

Method of fabricating cartridge for miniature optical data storage disc

Micro-Actuator, HGA Equipped with the Micro-Actuator and Method for Manufacturing the HGA

Forming a planarized surface for at least one bar of sliders

Fixturing a head spindle assembly with an expanding collet

Fixturing a head spindle assembly with a retracting collet

Actuator assembly method

Assembly and method for installing a disc clamp

Head suspension flexure with inline lead portions positioned at a level between levels of first and second surfaces of the spring metal layer

Method for supporting manufacture of a magnetic disk

Disk drive unit and ramp tool for assembling the same

Method for reducing off-track gain for a disk drive actuator

Media cover for manufacturing a disk drive

Method for bonding slider row bars for photolithography process

Head stack assembly with spacers to partition drive arms

Techniques for detecting head-disc contact

Method and apparatus for loading a read/write head to a spinstand

PROTECTING AND MERGING A HEAD STACK ASSEMBLY OF A DATA STORAGE DEVICE

Method for bonding slider row bars for photolithography process

Disk processing device and method

Method of producing a framing assembly

Micro-actuator, HGA equipped with the micro-actuator and method for manufacturing the HGA

Method for manufacturing a magnetic head arm assembly (HAA)

Shipping comb for assembling a disk drive

Method of fabricating a suspension load beam with a composite damping core

Method of assembling a carriage assembly

Method for loading single head in a hard disk drive

Vibration control of rotating disc

Head gimbal assembly loader

Electrical connection for testing head gimbal assemblies

Fastener

Solderless electrical connection for testing head gimbal assemblies

Method of bonding flying leads

Method of bonding flying leads

Alignment of unmounted head gimbal assemblies for testing

End effector for head gimbal assembly testing

Apparatus for processing a magnetic head slider

Method of assembling a carriage assembly

Method of assembling a carriage assembly

Method of coupling a voice coil motor to a base plate of a hard disk drive

Method of forming a head suspension with an integral boss tower

Actuator assembly

Electrical connection between a suspension flexure cable and a head stack assembly flexible circuit

Method of producing a magnetic head slider

Thin-film magnetic head having a covered insulating layer

Head gimbal assembly including a one-piece structural suspension and an accessory plate, and method of manufacturing the same

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLIES, ACTUATORS AND DISK DRIVES BY REMOVING THERMAL POLE-TIP PROTRUSION AT THE SPIN STAND LEVEL

Flex on suspension with a heat-conducting protective layer for reflowing solder interconnects

Conning motor hub surface apparatus for hard disk drives

Method of manufacturing head suspension

Method of manufacturing head suspension

Method for releasably mounting a head slider to a disk drive head suspension

Method and apparatus for mechanically balancing the disk pack of a hard disk drive

Method and mechanism of PZT micro-actuator attachment for the hard disk driver arm

Method for an improved magnetic head arm assembly

Method of manufacturing magnetic head

Method of manufacturing a head gimbal assembly

System and method for rigidly coupling a disk drive to a chassis of a computer

Manufacturing method of a disk drive unit

Slider separating method

Manufacturing method for magnetic disk drive

Method of assembling a disk drive unit via a ramp tool

Fastening a magnetic disk to a hub structure

Method for manufacturing a shock absorber that allows a disk drive to move with respect to the chassis of a computer system

Soaked de-swage method for rebuilding head stack assembly

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

Limiter for integral flexible circuit suspension assembly and method of assembling

Method of manufacturing a carriage assembly of a hard disk drive

System and apparatus for reducing off-track gain for a disk drive actuator

System and method for improving suspension-to-slider attachment in a hard disk drive

Apparatus for a disk drive actuator pivot set height tooling with an active servo compensation

Method of manufacturing a head actuator assembly and a disk drive

Method for manufacturing a head stack assembly

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

Method for manufacturing a suspension for disc drive

Method for manufacturing a suspension design for a co-located PZT micro-actuator

Apparatus for protecting and merging a head stack assembly

Conning motor hub surface method for hard disk drives

Method and apparatus for head gimbal assembly testing

Clamp or clamp assembly having a low profile

Method for assembling an actuator head suspension

Balanced and damped suspension for use in a disk drive

Method of forming a suspension for use in a disk drive having a media disk

Method for loading single head in a hard disk drive

Method of manufacturing a magnetic head, and magnetic head manufacturing apparatus

Method of manufacturing magnetic head

Process for testing a head stack assembly

Method of making electromagnetic wave shielded write and read wires on a support for a magnetic media drive

Manufacturing method of head arm assembly

Method for making a data storage device

Method of assembling a hard disk drive having a motor bracket tooling hole for inverted motor-to-base merge process

Conning motor hub surface to compensate disk conning angle for balanced head flying height on both sides of a disk in mirror abs hard disk drives

Method balancing a disk pack in a hard disk drive

Method of controlling pitch static attitude of sliders on integrated lead suspensions by improved plastic deformation processing

Method of localized thermal processing of integrated lead suspensions for controlling the pitch static attitude of sliders

Method for efficient slider burnishing during drive build

Two stage lubrication process for disk drive

Method of centering media disks on the hub of a spindle motor in a hard disk drive

Localized heating element for a suspension assembly

Method of producing hard disk drives of reduced size

Method of assembling a head gimbal assembly

Base plate structure, transfer system, and method and apparatus for assembling a head gimbal assembly

Transfer system for assembling a head gimbal assembly

Collocated metal frame PZT micro-actuator with a lower stiffness suspension design and method of manufacture of same

Method for head stack assembly rework

Method of manufacturing a disk drive head gimbal assembly having a flexure tail with folded bond pads