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Air-bearing design for hydrocarbon and lube pick-up improvements in hard disk drive (HDD) Grant 9,940,960 - Cha , et al. April 10, 2 | 2018-04-10 |
Head DFH protrusion shape calibration by HDI sensor Grant 9,251,829 - Ngan , et al. February 2, 2 | 2016-02-02 |
Touch down detection with HDI sensor DC mode Grant 8,976,481 - Zeng , et al. March 10, 2 | 2015-03-10 |
ABS design for uniform touch-down and back-off in DFH applications Grant 8,867,172 - Zheng , et al. October 21, 2 | 2014-10-21 |
Spacing fluctuation compensation Grant 8,767,339 - Zeng , et al. July 1, 2 | 2014-07-01 |
Head DFH protrusion shape calibration by HDI sensor App 20130094104 - Ngan; Siu Yin ;   et al. | 2013-04-18 |
Sub-assembly for a hard disc drive Grant 8,331,059 - Viskochil December 11, 2 | 2012-12-11 |
Electrical current as probe for modulation at head-disk interface Grant 8,274,751 - Feng , et al. September 25, 2 | 2012-09-25 |
Gimbal mounted slider assembly with ramp limiter transverse bar Grant 8,218,269 - Zeng , et al. July 10, 2 | 2012-07-10 |
Thin-film piezoelectric device, production method thereof, head gimbals assembly using the thin-film piezoelectric device, and hard disk using the head gimbals assembly Grant 8,189,296 - Hata , et al. May 29, 2 | 2012-05-29 |
Air-bearing slider design for sub-nanometer clearance in hard disk drive (HDD) Grant 8,184,405 - Zheng , et al. May 22, 2 | 2012-05-22 |
Electrical current as probe for modulation at head-disk interface Grant 8,139,306 - Feng , et al. March 20, 2 | 2012-03-20 |
ESD, cross talk and noise minimizing resistive/capacitative shunt for CPP and TMR devices Grant 8,107,200 - Leung , et al. January 31, 2 | 2012-01-31 |
Suspension gimbal designs with better dynamic performances App 20110299196 - Zeng; Qinghua ;   et al. | 2011-12-08 |
Electrical current as probe for modulation at head-disk interface App 20110299191 - Feng; Zhu ;   et al. | 2011-12-08 |
Gimbal with assymmetric dynamic stiffness Grant 8,054,585 - Zeng , et al. November 8, 2 | 2011-11-08 |
Method and apparatus for providing an additional ground pad and electrical connection for grounding a magnetic recording head Grant 8,045,295 - Fu , et al. October 25, 2 | 2011-10-25 |
Method of reducing slider roll torque by balancing head gimbal assembly for improved seeking performance Grant 8,027,127 - Zeng , et al. September 27, 2 | 2011-09-27 |
Magnetic disk comprising an aluminum alloy oxynitride underlayer and a diamond-like carbon overcoat Grant 8,018,682 - Cheng , et al. September 13, 2 | 2011-09-13 |
Magnetic head/disk with transition metal oxynitride adhesion/corrosion barrier and diamond-like carbon overcoat bilayer Grant 8,014,104 - Cheng , et al. September 6, 2 | 2011-09-06 |
Forming an aluminum alloy oxynitride underlayer and a diamond-like carbon overcoat to protect a magnetic recording head and/or media Grant 8,009,387 - Cheng , et al. August 30, 2 | 2011-08-30 |
Gimbal mounted slider assembly with transverse bars connecting inner edges of ramp limiter arms Grant 8,000,061 - Zeng , et al. August 16, 2 | 2011-08-16 |
Air bearing surface with higher flying height for lower rotating speed drives Grant 7,978,436 - Cha , et al. July 12, 2 | 2011-07-12 |
ABS design for dynamic flying height (DFH) applications Grant 7,969,685 - Shen , et al. June 28, 2 | 2011-06-28 |
Balanced head gimbal assembly for improved seeking performance App 20110146047 - Zeng; Qinghua ;   et al. | 2011-06-23 |
Air-bearing design for hard disk drive (HDD) applications Grant 7,961,433 - Zheng , et al. June 14, 2 | 2011-06-14 |
Suspension with bi-layer flexure base whose layers have different coefficients of thermal expansion to eliminate thermally induced flying height variations Grant 7,957,104 - Fu , et al. June 7, 2 | 2011-06-07 |
Balanced head gimbal assembly for improved seeking performance Grant 7,907,368 - Zeng , et al. March 15, 2 | 2011-03-15 |
Method to protect the magnetic recording head from thermal asperities during disk drive operation Grant 7,894,162 - Mahdev , et al. February 22, 2 | 2011-02-22 |
Ramp for a hard disc drive App 20110038074 - Viskochil; Stephen Ralph ;   et al. | 2011-02-17 |
Suspension with locally strengthened gimbal Grant 7,885,040 - Yang , et al. February 8, 2 | 2011-02-08 |
Magnetic disk comprising an aluminum alloy oxynitride underlayer and a diamond-like carbon overcoat App 20100310904 - Cheng; Shide ;   et al. | 2010-12-09 |
Forming an aluminum alloy oxynitride underlayer and a diamond-like carbon overcoat to protect a magnetic recording head and media App 20100307911 - Cheng; Shide ;   et al. | 2010-12-09 |
Sub-assembly for a hard disc drive App 20100296198 - Viskochil; Stephen Ralph | 2010-11-25 |
Air bearing design with a flatter pitch profile for reducing particle TAs Grant 7,837,885 - Cha , et al. November 23, 2 | 2010-11-23 |
Method to protect a GMR head from electrostatic damage during the manufacturing process Grant 7,836,579 - Mahadev , et al. November 23, 2 | 2010-11-23 |
Magnetic recording head and media comprising aluminum oxynitride underlayer and a diamond-like carbon overcoat Grant 7,782,569 - Cheng , et al. August 24, 2 | 2010-08-24 |
Air-bearing design with particle rejection features Grant 7,760,468 - Cha , et al. July 20, 2 | 2010-07-20 |
Suspension gimbal designs with better dynamic performances App 20100172057 - Zeng; Qinghua ;   et al. | 2010-07-08 |
Suspension with locally stiffened load beam Grant 7,701,672 - Zeng , et al. April 20, 2 | 2010-04-20 |
Gimbal design with solder ball bond pads and trailing edge limiter tab for a recording head Grant 7,701,673 - Wang , et al. April 20, 2 | 2010-04-20 |
Suspension gimbal designs with better dynamic performances Grant 7,684,154 - Zeng , et al. March 23, 2 | 2010-03-23 |
Non-contact measurement of slider fly height by electrostatic force Grant 7,679,857 - Zhu , et al. March 16, 2 | 2010-03-16 |
Measuring and neutralizing the electrical charge at the interface of a magnetic head and media Grant 7,675,711 - Feng , et al. March 9, 2 | 2010-03-09 |
ABS design for dynamic flying height (DFH) applications App 20100039732 - Shen; Xinjiang ;   et al. | 2010-02-18 |
Adjustment of pitch and roll static torques in a disk drive head gimbal assembly Grant 7,617,737 - Zhu , et al. November 17, 2 | 2009-11-17 |
Bearing apparatus for a hard disk drive App 20090279211 - Seymour; Mark Spencer ;   et al. | 2009-11-12 |
ABS design for dynamic flying height (DFH) applications App 20090262458 - Shen; Xinjiang ;   et al. | 2009-10-22 |
Air-bearing design for hard disk drive (HDD) applications App 20090219651 - Zheng; Guoqiang ;   et al. | 2009-09-03 |
Thermal elements for controlling and manipulating thermal pitch static attitude (PSA) App 20090109568 - Hernandez; Manuel A. ;   et al. | 2009-04-30 |
Method for controlling overcoat recession in a magnetic thin film head Grant 7,455,332 - Jose , et al. November 25, 2 | 2008-11-25 |
Method to protect the magnetic recording head from thermal asperities during disk drive operation App 20080253026 - Mahdev; Niraj ;   et al. | 2008-10-16 |
Flexure for minimizing fly height modulation of near-contact recording sliders in a disk drive Grant 7,433,156 - Zhu , et al. October 7, 2 | 2008-10-07 |
Metal oxynitride adhesion/corrosion barrier layer and a diamond-like carbon overcoat App 20080231992 - Cheng; Shide ;   et al. | 2008-09-25 |
Magnetic recording head and media overcoat App 20080187781 - Cheng; Shide ;   et al. | 2008-08-07 |
Magnetic recording head and media comprising aluminum oxynitride underlayer and a diamond-like carbon overcoat App 20080176108 - Cheng; Shide ;   et al. | 2008-07-24 |
Method for protecting a slider mounted CPP GMR or TMR read head sensor from noise and ESD damage Grant 7,392,579 - Leung , et al. July 1, 2 | 2008-07-01 |
Head Stack Assembly App 20080068757 - Kamigama; Takehiro ;   et al. | 2008-03-20 |
Suspension gimbal designs with better dynamic performances App 20080030900 - Zeng; Qinghua ;   et al. | 2008-02-07 |
Suspension with locally stiffened load beam App 20070291414 - Zeng; Qinghua ;   et al. | 2007-12-20 |
Elimination of electric-pop noise in MR/GMR device Grant 7,256,970 - Shen , et al. August 14, 2 | 2007-08-14 |
Self-loaded pendulum for slider flexure stiffness measurements Grant 7,249,520 - Zhu , et al. July 31, 2 | 2007-07-31 |
Elimination of electric-pop noise in a MR device Grant 7,158,356 - Shen , et al. January 2, 2 | 2007-01-02 |
Elimination of electric-pop noise in MR/GMR device App 20030103300 - Shen, Yong ;   et al. | 2003-06-05 |