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Data Recording Slider Having An Air Bearing Surface Providing High Pressure Relief For Vibration Damping App 20080212235 - Fong; Walton ;   et al. | 2008-09-04 |
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Perpendicular magnetic recording media and magnetic storage apparatus using the same App 20080182134 - Hirayama; Yoshiyuki ;   et al. | 2008-07-31 |
Method Of Manufacturing A Wrap Around Shield For A Perpendicular Write Pole Using A Laminated Mask With An Endpoint Detection Layer App 20080148552 - Pentek; Aron ;   et al. | 2008-06-26 |
Tmr Sensor Having Magnesium/magnesium Oxide Tunnel Barrier App 20080151439 - Pinarbasi; Mustafa Michael | 2008-06-26 |
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Electrical Lapping Guide For Flare Point Control And Trailing Shield Throat Height In A Perpendicular Magnetic Write Head App 20080144215 - Hsiao; Wen-Chien David ;   et al. | 2008-06-19 |
Optical Lapping Guide For Use In The Manufacture Of Perpendicular Magnetic Write Heads App 20080141522 - Baer; Amanda ;   et al. | 2008-06-19 |
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System, method, and apparatus for non-contact and diffuse curing exposure for making photopolymer nanoimprinting stamper Grant 7,377,765 - Bandic , et al. May 27, 2 | 2008-05-27 |
Perpendicular magnetic write head having a wrap around trailing shield with a flux return path App 20080112088 - Hsiao; Wen-Chien David ;   et al. | 2008-05-15 |
Write head with self-cross biased pole for high speed magnetic recording App 20080112078 - Hsiao; Wen-Chien David ;   et al. | 2008-05-15 |
Magnetic write head employing multiple magnetomotive force (MMF) sources App 20080112080 - Lengsfield; Byron Hassberg ;   et al. | 2008-05-15 |
Magnetic write head having a shield that extends below the leading edge of the write pole App 20080100959 - Feldbaum; Michael ;   et al. | 2008-05-01 |
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Magnetoresistive sensor having shape enhanced pinning, a flux guide structure and damage free virtual edges App 20080094761 - Freitag; James Mac ;   et al. | 2008-04-24 |
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Cpp Spin Valve With Long Spin Diffusion Length Ap1 Layers App 20080074807 - Carey; Matthew Joseph ;   et al. | 2008-03-27 |
Magnetic write head having a stair notched, steep shouldered pole and a write gap bump App 20080074782 - Guthrie; Hung-Chin ;   et al. | 2008-03-27 |
System and apparatus for continuous reference plane for wireless suspension Grant 7,349,184 - Erpelding March 25, 2 | 2008-03-25 |
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Magnetoresistive Sensor Having A Structure For Activating And Deactivating Electrostatic Discharge Prevention Circuitry App 20080037182 - Albrecht; Thomas Robert ;   et al. | 2008-02-14 |
Perpendicular magnetic write head with shunt structure to prevent read sensor interference App 20080030897 - Gill; Hardayal Singh ;   et al. | 2008-02-07 |
CPP read sensor having constrained current paths made of lithographically-defined conductive vias with surrounding oxidized metal sublayers App 20080024937 - Gill; Hardayal Singh ;   et al. | 2008-01-31 |
Multiple extraordinary magnetoresistive (EMR) sensor utilizing both current leads App 20080019055 - Gurney; Bruce Alvin ;   et al. | 2008-01-24 |
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Magnetoresistive Sensor Having A Magnetically Stable Free Layer With A Positive Magnetostriction App 20070281079 - Carey; Matthew Joseph ;   et al. | 2007-12-06 |
Dual Polarity Bias For Prolonging The Life Of A Heating Element In Magnetic Data Storage Devices App 20070268624 - Luo; Jih-Shiuan ;   et al. | 2007-11-22 |
Method for manufacturing a magnetic write head having a trailing shield with an accurately controlled trailing shield gap thickness App 20070268625 - Jiang; Ming ;   et al. | 2007-11-22 |
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High resolution patterning of surface energy utilizing high resolution monomolecular resist for fabrication of patterned media masters App 20070264833 - Bandic; Zvonimir Z. ;   et al. | 2007-11-15 |
Perpendicular magnetic write head having a magnetic write pole with a concave trailing edge App 20070258167 - Allen; Donald G. ;   et al. | 2007-11-08 |
Method of manufacturing a wrap around shield for a perpendicular write pole using a laminated mask App 20070245545 - Pentek; Aron ;   et al. | 2007-10-25 |
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Process to open connection vias on a planarized surface App 20070245557 - Baer; Amanda ;   et al. | 2007-10-25 |
Trailing shield design for reducing wide area track erasure (water) in a perpendicular recording system App 20070247751 - Hsiao; Wen-Chien David ;   et al. | 2007-10-25 |
Gmr Sensor Having A Capping Layer Treated With Nitrogen For Increased Magnetoresistance App 20070247764 - Lee; Wen-Yaung ;   et al. | 2007-10-25 |
Magnetic write head design for reducing temperature induced protrusion App 20070247750 - Hsiao; Wen-Chien David ;   et al. | 2007-10-25 |
Method for manufacturing a magnetic write head using a protective layer to prevent write pole consumption App 20070242389 - Balamane; Hamid ;   et al. | 2007-10-18 |
Three terminal magnetic sensing devices having base lead layers in-plane with collector substrate materials and methods of making the same App 20070238198 - Fontana; Robert E. JR. ;   et al. | 2007-10-11 |
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Write head design and method for reducing adjacent track interference in at very narrow track widths App 20070230046 - Le; Quang ;   et al. | 2007-10-04 |
Two step corner recess for secondary stray field reduction in a perpendicular magnetic recording head App 20070230045 - Hsiao; Wen-Chien David ;   et al. | 2007-10-04 |
Device With Esd Protection App 20070223148 - Ding; Meng ;   et al. | 2007-09-27 |
Current perpendicular to plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor with back flux guide App 20070217080 - Jayasekara; Wipul ;   et al. | 2007-09-20 |
Current perpendicular to plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor with free layer biasing by exchange pinning at back edge App 20070217085 - Gill; Hardayal Singh | 2007-09-20 |
Perpendicular Magnetic Write Head Having A Conformal, Wrap-around, Trailing Magnetic Shield For Reduced Adjacent Track Interference App 20070211384 - Hsiao; Wen-Chien David ;   et al. | 2007-09-13 |
Method for reducing pole height loss in the formation of a write pole for a magnetic write head Grant 7,263,762 - Bedell , et al. September 4, 2 | 2007-09-04 |
Positioning of a magnetic head in a magnetic data recording device using a multiple sensor array App 20070201160 - Albrecht; Thomas Robert ;   et al. | 2007-08-30 |
EMR magnetic head having a magnetic flux guide and a body formed at a tail end of a slider App 20070188933 - Carey; Matthew Joseph | 2007-08-16 |
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Method for fabricating a side shield for a flux guide layer for perpendicular magnetic recording App 20070146931 - Baer; Amanda ;   et al. | 2007-06-28 |
Circumferentially patterned disk for longitudinal and perpendicular recording and method of manufacturing same App 20070146932 - Nikitin; Vladimir | 2007-06-28 |
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Method For Manufacturing A Trailing Shield Structure For A Perpendicular Magnetic Write Head App 20070137027 - Lille; Jeffrey S. | 2007-06-21 |
End point detection for direction milling to induce magnetic anisotropy in a magnetic layer App 20070137028 - Carey; Matthew Joseph ;   et al. | 2007-06-21 |
Magnetic Write Head Having A Magnetically Anisotropic Write Pole App 20070139820 - Carey; Matthew Joseph ;   et al. | 2007-06-21 |
End Point Detection For Direct Ion Milling To Induce Magnetic Anisotropy In A Magnetic Layer App 20070138002 - Carey; Matthew Joseph ;   et al. | 2007-06-21 |
Magnetically Anisotropic Shield For Use In Magnetic Data Recording App 20070139826 - Carey; Matthew Joseph ;   et al. | 2007-06-21 |
Gmr And Mr Enhancing Seedlayers For Self Pinned Spin Valves App 20070139828 - Pinarbasi; Mustafa Michael | 2007-06-21 |
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Magnetoresitive sensor having magnetic layers with tailored magnetic anisotropy induced by direct ion milling App 20070133132 - Carey; Matthew Joseph ;   et al. | 2007-06-14 |
Magnetic random access memory (MRAM) having increased reference layer anisotropy through ion beam etch of magnetic layers App 20070133251 - Carey; Matthew Joseph ;   et al. | 2007-06-14 |
Electro-thermal micromechanical actuator for finitely positioning a storage device slider and methods of use and manufacture Grant 7,230,799 - Lille June 12, 2 | 2007-06-12 |
Integration of small flash field, zero bias, and non-reactive ion milling for pole tip uniformity App 20070124917 - Balamame; Hamid ;   et al. | 2007-06-07 |
Perpendicular write head with shaped pole tip to optimize magnetic recording performance App 20070115583 - Bonhote; Christian Rene ;   et al. | 2007-05-24 |
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Write head design and method for reducing adjacent track interference in at very narrow track widths App 20070115584 - Balamane; Hamid ;   et al. | 2007-05-24 |
Oblique angle etched underlayers for improved exchange biased structures in a magnetoresitive sensor App 20070109692 - Carey; Matthew Joseph ;   et al. | 2007-05-17 |
Data decoding method and circuit and information recording and reproducing apparatus using the same Grant 7,213,195 - Sawaguchi , et al. May 1, 2 | 2007-05-01 |
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CPP magnetoresistive sensor having a reduced, shield defined track width App 20070086122 - Freitag; James Mac ;   et al. | 2007-04-19 |
Double mill process for patterning current perpendicular to plane (CPP) magnetoresistive devices to minimize barrier shorting and barrier damage App 20070081279 - Hong; Ying ;   et al. | 2007-04-12 |
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Magnetic recording medium and method for production thereof App 20070072013 - Haginoya; Chiseki ;   et al. | 2007-03-29 |
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Structure to prevent deformation of magnetic disk device housing App 20070047130 - Shigenaga; Hiroaki ;   et al. | 2007-03-01 |
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System for assembling a hard disk drive Grant 7,107,670 - Fu , et al. September 19, 2 | 2006-09-19 |
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Method for forming thin film heads using a tri-layer anti-reflection coating for photolithographic applications and a structure thereof Grant 7,097,923 - Webb , et al. August 29, 2 | 2006-08-29 |
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Apparatus for enhancing thermal stability, improving biasing and reducing damage from electrostatic discharge in self-pinned abutted junction heads having a first self-pinned layer extending under the hard bias layers Grant 7,092,220 - Gill , et al. August 15, 2 | 2006-08-15 |
Magnetoresistive sensor with free layer bias adjustment capability App 20060176621 - Gill; Hardayal Singh | 2006-08-10 |
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Magnetic head and method of manufacturing the same App 20060158789 - Koyama; Naoki ;   et al. | 2006-07-20 |
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Magnetic sensor having a Ru/Si based seedlayer providing improved free layer biasing App 20060152863 - Freitag; James Mac ;   et al. | 2006-07-13 |
Multimedia storage device having digital write-only area Grant 7,076,625 - de Souza July 11, 2 | 2006-07-11 |
Magnetic disk protection mechanism, computer system comprising protection mechanism, protection method for magnetic disk, and program for protection method App 20060139807 - Shimotono; Susumu ;   et al. | 2006-06-29 |
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Magnetoresistive head using longitudinal biasing method with 90-degree magnetic interlayer coupling and manufacturing method thereof App 20060103991 - Hoshino; Katsumi ;   et al. | 2006-05-18 |
Method apparatus and system for accessing discontinuous media tracks Grant 7,046,476 - Albrecht , et al. May 16, 2 | 2006-05-16 |
Dual CPP GMR sensor with in-stack bias structure App 20060098352 - Gill; Hardayal Singh | 2006-05-11 |
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CPP sensor having hard bias stabilization placed at back edge of the stripe App 20060092582 - Gill; Hardayal Singh ;   et al. | 2006-05-04 |
Plastic spacer and disk clamp assembly App 20060092560 - Feliss; Norbert A. ;   et al. | 2006-05-04 |
Current perpendicular to plane (CPP) GMR structure having vanadium doped, AP coupled, multi-layered pinned structure App 20060087771 - Gill; Hardayal Singh | 2006-04-27 |
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CPP GMR/TMR structure providing higher dR App 20060039092 - Gill; Hardayal Singh | 2006-02-23 |
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Disk drive, positioning method for head, and servo system App 20060023342 - Kisaka; Masashi | 2006-02-02 |
Bilayer coil insulation for magnetic write heads to minimize pole recession App 20060023351 - Chiu; Andrew ;   et al. | 2006-02-02 |
Trilayer SAF with current confining layer App 20060023376 - Gill; Hardayal Singh | 2006-02-02 |
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Narrow track extraordinary magneto resistive [EMR] device App 20060018054 - Chattopadhyay; Amitava ;   et al. | 2006-01-26 |
Methods and apparatus for improved read sensors using a multi-layered seed layer structure having a nitrogenated nickel-tantalum layer App 20060012925 - Pinarbasi; Mustafa Michael | 2006-01-19 |
Anti-parallel tab sensor fabrication App 20060002164 - Cyrille; Marie-Claire ;   et al. | 2006-01-05 |
Pinning structure with trilayer pinned layer App 20060002038 - Gill; Hardayal Singh | 2006-01-05 |
Lower saturation field structure for perpendicular AFC pole App 20060002015 - Gill; Hardayal Singh ;   et al. | 2006-01-05 |
Larger dR CPP GMR structure App 20060002033 - Gill; Hardayal Singh | 2006-01-05 |
Pinning strength in-stack bias structure for CPP sensor App 20060002042 - Gill; Hardayal Singh | 2006-01-05 |
Heat sink and high thermal stability structure for CPP sensor App 20050286178 - Gill, Hardayal Singh ;   et al. | 2005-12-29 |
Large protrusion recording head for controlled magnetic spacing recording/reading App 20050286154 - Lille, Jeffrey S. | 2005-12-29 |
Extended pinned layer on top of lead/HB to avoid amplitude flipping App 20050286177 - Gill, Hardayal Singh | 2005-12-29 |
CPP differential GMR sensor having antiparallel stabilized free layers for perpendicular recording App 20050280957 - Gill, Hardayal Singh | 2005-12-22 |
Heat assisted switching in an MRAM cell utilizing the antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic transition in FeRh App 20050281081 - Fullerton, Eric Edward ;   et al. | 2005-12-22 |
Dual angle milling for current perpendicular to plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor definition App 20050269288 - Cyrille, Marie-Claire ;   et al. | 2005-12-08 |
GMR enhancing seedlayer for self pinned spin valves App 20050270706 - Pinarbasi, Mustafa Michael | 2005-12-08 |
Novel rie defined CPP read heads App 20050264956 - Lee, Kim Y. ;   et al. | 2005-12-01 |
Tunable fly height using magnetomechanical effect in a magnetic head App 20050264912 - Nikitin, Vladimir ;   et al. | 2005-12-01 |
Disk assembly having integral clamp and/or spacer App 20050264936 - Feliss, Norbert A. ;   et al. | 2005-12-01 |
Dual CPP GMR with synthetic free layer App 20050264951 - Gill, Hardayal Singh | 2005-12-01 |
System and method for onboard HDD defragmentation and combining multiple G-list entries App 20050262384 - Andoh, Haruo ;   et al. | 2005-11-24 |
High Hc pinned self-pinned sensor App 20050249979 - Gill, Hardayal Singh | 2005-11-10 |
High aspect ratio co-planar structure fabrication consisting of different materials App 20050243465 - Lille, Jeffrey S. ;   et al. | 2005-11-03 |
Self-pinned dual CPP sensor exchange pinned at stripe back-end to avoid amplitude flipping App 20050243474 - Gill, Hardayal Singh | 2005-11-03 |
CPP GMR using Fe based synthetic free layer App 20050243477 - Gill, Hardayal Singh | 2005-11-03 |
Magnetic head coil and structure for protecting same during pole notch processing Grant 6,906,893 - Hsiao , et al. June 14, 2 | 2005-06-14 |
Method of protecting the pole piece of a magnetic head during the ion mill patterning of the yoke Grant 6,848,166 - Lee February 1, 2 | 2005-02-01 |
Magnetic head having highly thermally conductive insulator materials containing cobalt-oxide Grant 6,842,306 - Cyrille , et al. January 11, 2 | 2005-01-11 |
Micro-actuator integrated lead suspension head terminations Grant 6,833,978 - Shum , et al. December 21, 2 | 2004-12-21 |
Methods and apparatus for thermally bonding lubricant to a disk surface by the repetitive writing of data Grant 6,831,802 - Gillis , et al. December 14, 2 | 2004-12-14 |
Methods and apparatus for thermally bonding lubricant to a disk surface with use of a heating element formed in a magnetic head Grant 6,822,819 - Gillis , et al. November 23, 2 | 2004-11-23 |
Weld free high performance laminate suspension Grant 6,785,094 - Arya , et al. August 31, 2 | 2004-08-31 |
Adaptive actuator radial positioning to extend magnetic disk drive longevity Grant 6,760,175 - Smith July 6, 2 | 2004-07-06 |
Compact servo pattern optimized for M-R heads Grant 6,760,184 - Cunningham July 6, 2 | 2004-07-06 |
Polishing process for glass or ceramic disks used in disk drive data storage devices Grant 6,736,705 - Benning , et al. May 18, 2 | 2004-05-18 |
Method and apparatus for the manufacture of thin film magnetic transducers using a compliant, soft lapping process Grant 6,712,985 - Biskeborn March 30, 2 | 2004-03-30 |
Self-limiting wear contact pad slider and method for making the same Grant 6,714,382 - Alexopoulos , et al. March 30, 2 | 2004-03-30 |
Disk drives with upstream-oriented heads Grant 6,697,216 - Zeng , et al. February 24, 2 | 2004-02-24 |
Turning read/write performance for disk drives with very high track density Grant 6,684,287 - Ng January 27, 2 | 2004-01-27 |
Preseed layer for a magnetic recording disk Grant 6,677,052 - Bian , et al. January 13, 2 | 2004-01-13 |
System and method for a sacrificial anode in a kerf for corrosion protection during slider fabrication Grant 6,667,457 - Lee , et al. December 23, 2 | 2003-12-23 |
Perfluorinated polyethers with metal carboxylate end groups as anti-wetting and corrosion-protective agents Grant 6,638,622 - Dai , et al. October 28, 2 | 2003-10-28 |
Disk drive with multiple actuators and reduced actuator interactions Grant 6,560,075 - Price , et al. May 6, 2 | 2003-05-06 |
Generation of a fixed angular disk position index in a DASD using a sensorless spindle motor Grant 6,560,054 - Ottesen , et al. May 6, 2 | 2003-05-06 |
Spindle motor-having improved bonding between its bearing cartridge and hub Grant 6,556,374 - Satoh , et al. April 29, 2 | 2003-04-29 |
Disk drive device with a high frequency access method and apparatus Grant 6,556,369 - Kanamaru , et al. April 29, 2 | 2003-04-29 |