公开(公告)号：US06690545B1

公开(公告)日：2004-02-10

申请号：US09967816

申请日：2001-09-28

申请人： Ciuter Chang ,  Ming-Ching Tang ,  Martin J. Smallen ,  Jih-Ping Peng

发明人： Ciuter Chang ,  Ming-Ching Tang ,  Martin J. Smallen ,  Jih-Ping Peng

IPC分类号： G11B560

CPC分类号： G11B5/6005

摘要： An air bearing slider for use in a disk drive that includes a rotatable magnetic disk. The slider includes a leading side and a trailing side. The slider further includes a pressurized pad including a pressurized pad air bearing surface. The pressurized pad is disposed between the leading and trailing sides. The slider further includes a contact pad disposed adjacent the trailing side and including a contact surface for sliding contact with the magnetic disk during operation of the disk drive. The contact pad includes a transducer disposed within the contact pad for reading and writing data from and to the magnetic disk. The slider further includes a depressed region disposed between the pressurized pad and the contact pad for mitigating air pressure adjacent the contact surface relative to air pressure adjacent the pressurized pad air bearing surface during operation of the disk drive.

摘要翻译： 一种用于包括可旋转磁盘的磁盘驱动器的空气轴承滑块。 滑块包括前侧和后侧。 滑块还包括加压垫，其包括加压衬垫空气支承表面。 加压垫设置在前侧和后侧之间。 滑块还包括邻近后侧设置的接触垫，并且包括用于在盘驱动器的操作期间与磁盘滑动接触的接触表面。 接触焊盘包括设置在接触焊盘内的用于从磁盘读取和写入数据的换能器。 滑块还包括设置在加压垫和接触垫之间的凹陷区域，用于在盘驱动器的操作期间相对于邻近加压垫空气支承表面的空气压力减轻邻近接触表面的空气压力。

公开(公告)号：US06657822B1

公开(公告)日：2003-12-02

申请号：US09579522

申请日：2000-05-26

申请人： Gentaro Nakamura ,  Nobuyuki Okunaga ,  Toshihisa Okazaki ,  Isao Kobayashi ,  Toshihiro Arisaka

发明人： Gentaro Nakamura ,  Nobuyuki Okunaga ,  Toshihisa Okazaki ,  Isao Kobayashi ,  Toshihiro Arisaka

IPC分类号： G11B560

CPC分类号： G11B5/60

摘要： A magnetic disk apparatus includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head for writing data into and reading data from the magnetic disk, a carriage pivoted on a pivot bearing while holding the magnetic head at its one end, the pivot bearing being constituted by a cylindrical sleeve serving as a fixed axle, bearing units each having an outer race fitted to the inside of the sleeve, bearing balls, and an inner race, and a shaft having the outside fitted to the inner races of the bearing units, thus, change of a pre-load caused by a heat expansion difference between the shaft and sleeve is an axial direction is compensated with a change of a pre-load caused thereby the same is a radius direction. Hence, the weight of a pivotally movable portion of an actuator is reduced.

摘要翻译： 一种磁盘装置，包括磁盘，用于将数据写入磁盘的数据和从磁盘读取数据的磁头，在枢轴支承件上枢转的滑架，同时将磁头保持在其一端，该枢转轴承由圆柱形套筒 作为固定轴，每个轴承单元各自具有装配到套筒内侧的外圈，轴承滚珠和内圈，以及具有与轴承单元的内圈匹配的外侧的轴，因此， 由轴和套筒之间的热膨胀差引起的预负荷是由于由此引起的预负荷的变化来补偿轴向方向相同的半径方向。 因此，致动器的可枢转运动部分的重量减小。

公开(公告)号：US06657820B2

公开(公告)日：2003-12-02

申请号：US10199200

申请日：2002-07-19

申请人： Hidekazu Kohira ,  Masaaki Matsumoto ,  Hideaki Tanaka ,  Akira Matsuda ,  Shozo Saegusa

发明人： Hidekazu Kohira ,  Masaaki Matsumoto ,  Hideaki Tanaka ,  Akira Matsuda ,  Shozo Saegusa

IPC分类号： G11B560

CPC分类号： G11B5/6005

摘要： A magnetic head slider has a magnetic head mounting surface holding a magnetic head, to be kept closest to a magnetic disk when the magnetic head slider is in operation, a slider rail surface contiguous with a surface, on the side of an air inlet end, and opposite sides of a portion, near an air outlet end, of the magnetic head and extending near to the air outlet end, a step bearing surface formed at least on the side of the air inlet end of the slider rail surface, and a negative-pressure groove formed so as to surround the step bearing surface. The magnetic head mounting surface is typically formed on an alumina protective film protecting the magnetic head. The variation of the flying height of the magnetic head slider with respect to a rolling direction is reduced and a proximity ability to approach the magnetic disk is improved.

公开(公告)号：US06646832B2

公开(公告)日：2003-11-11

申请号：US09772356

申请日：2001-01-29

申请人： Manuel Anaya-Dufresne ,  Pablo G. Levi

发明人： Manuel Anaya-Dufresne ,  Pablo G. Levi

IPC分类号： G11B560

CPC分类号： G11B5/6005

摘要： A disk drive (22) for load/unload applications having an actuator arm (32), a slider (34) and a suspension membrane (48) which attaches the slider (34) to the actuator arm (32). The slider (34) includes a leading edge (50), a trailing edge (52), a number of pads (80, 82) and a cavity (60), which creates a region of sub-ambient pressure (61), including a negative pressure center (62). A load point (64) is formed where the suspension membrane (48) attaches to the slider (34). The negative pressure center (62) is positioned towards the trailing edge (52) relative to the load point (64), such that when upward force (96) is applied to the slider (34) at the load point (64), a moment (98) is produced which raises the leading edge (50), allowing increased air flow into the cavity (60), which diminishes the sub-ambient pressure (61), and allows the arm (34) to be raised without damaging the suspension membrane (48). Also, a slider (34) contoured for use in a load/unload disk drive (22) and a method for disengaging a slider (34) having high stiffness from a disk surface (26) without damaging a disk drive suspension membrane (48).

摘要翻译： 一种用于装载/卸载应用的盘驱动器（22），具有致动器臂（32），滑块（34）和将滑块（34）附接到致动器臂（32）的悬挂膜（48）。 滑块（34）包括前缘（50），后缘（52），多个垫（80,82）和空腔（60），其形成次环境压力的区域（61），包括 负压中心（62）。 形成悬挂膜（48）附接到滑块（34）的载荷点（64）。 负压中心（62）相对于负载点（64）朝向后缘（52）定位，使得当向上的力（96）在负载点（64）施加到滑块（34）时， 产生力矩（98），其提高前缘（50），允许增加空气流入空腔（60），这降低了次环境压力（61），并且允许臂（34）升高而不损坏 悬挂膜（48），以及用于装载/卸载盘驱动器（22）中成形的滑块（34）和用于使具有高硬度的滑块（34）从盘表面（26）脱离而不损坏盘 驱动悬浮膜（48）。

公开(公告)号：US06643104B2

公开(公告)日：2003-11-04

申请号：US09899857

申请日：2001-07-09

申请人： Koji Shimazawa

发明人： Koji Shimazawa

IPC分类号： G11B560

CPC分类号： B82Y25/00 ,  B82Y10/00 ,  G11B5/313 ,  G11B5/3903 ,  G11B5/3909

摘要： An MR thin-film magnetic head includes a lower shield layer, an upper shield layer, a MR multilayer sandwiched between the lower shield layer and the upper shield layer, the MR multilayer being electrically connected with the lower shield layer and the upper shield layer, a current flowing through the MR multilayer in a direction perpendicular to surfaces of layers, and a lead conductor having one end electrically connected to the upper shield layer and the other end connected to a terminal electrode. The lead conductor is patterned such that an area of said lead conductor located above said lower shield layer becomes small.

公开(公告)号：US06643100B2

公开(公告)日：2003-11-04

申请号：US09934210

申请日：2001-08-21

申请人： Jun Iwasaki

发明人： Jun Iwasaki

IPC分类号： G11B560

CPC分类号： G11B5/6005 ,  G11B21/21

摘要： An angle &thgr;1 made between a supporting surface S of a slider and an imaginary plane C in which a first border line and a second border line of a tapered surface lie, and an angle &thgr;2 made between the supporting surface S of the slider and an imaginary plane D in which a first border line and a second border line of a tapered surface lie, respectively fall within a range of not less than 5 degrees but not more than 14 degrees.

公开(公告)号：US06639756B2

公开(公告)日：2003-10-28

申请号：US09989484

申请日：2001-11-20

申请人： Junsei Ueda ,  Tomoo Otsuka ,  Hirohisa Ishihara

发明人： Junsei Ueda ,  Tomoo Otsuka ,  Hirohisa Ishihara

IPC分类号： G11B560

CPC分类号： G11B5/6005 ,  G11B21/21

摘要： A trailing ABS face, which is a surface generating positive pressure, is formed to rise from a surface facing a recording medium, which is a surface generating negative pressure, toward the recording medium and furthermore, a surface facing the element, in which a gap portion of a magnetic element is located, is formed to rise from the trailing ABS face. Thereby, the floating lift of a magnetic head can be reduced while the floating position can be stabilized and furthermore, collision of the magnetic head with a disk surface can be properly avoided.

公开(公告)号：US06611401B1

公开(公告)日：2003-08-26

申请号：US09713470

申请日：2000-11-14

申请人： Margelus A. Burga ,  Alexander A. Burga

发明人： Margelus A. Burga ,  Alexander A. Burga

IPC分类号： G11B560

CPC分类号： G11B5/6005 ,  G11B5/58 ,  G11B5/6011 ,  G11B11/1058 ,  G11B33/10

摘要： A glide head includes two rails that run from the leading end to the trailing end of the glide head and a transverse contact rail that is orientated orthogonally to the two rails and is located at the trailing end of the glide head. The two rails may contact the transverse contact rail or one or both may not extend to the transverse contact rail. In addition, the channel region defined between the two rails and the wing, if used, may be tapered so that they merge with the bottom surface of the transverse contact rail. The transverse contact rail may extend beyond the two rails. The glide head flies with a positive pitch which causes the transverse contact rail to be the closest area on the glide head to the surface of a rotating disk being tested. Thus, the mechanical energy is greatest when the transverse contact rail contacts a defect on a disk, and thus the transverse contact rail is the active rail. Because the transverse contact rail extends across the width of the glide head, the glide head may be stepped by large amounts when testing a disk, which decreases testing time and increases throughput. In addition, the transverse contact rail may extend from one side of the glide head to the other, and thus, the glide head may be used to test both the inside diameter and outside diameter of a disk.

摘要翻译： 滑行头包括从滑行头的前端延伸到后端的两个轨道和与两个轨道正交定位并且位于滑动头的后端的横向接触轨道。 两个轨道可以接触横向接触轨道，或者一个或两个轨道不能延伸到横向接触轨道。 此外，如果使用的话，限定在两个轨道和机翼之间的通道区域可以是锥形的，使得它们与横向接触轨道的底表面合并。 横向接触导轨可以延伸超过两个导轨。 滑行头以正间距飞行，这导致横向接触导轨作为被测试的旋转盘的表面上的滑行头上的最接近的区域。 因此，当横向接触轨接触盘上的缺陷时，机械能最大，因此横向接触导轨是活动导轨。 由于横向接触导轨延伸穿过滑动头的宽度，所以当测试盘时，滑动头可能会大量阶梯，这样可以减少测试时间并增加生产量。 此外，横向接触导轨可以从滑动头的一侧延伸到另一侧，因此，滑动头可以用于测试盘的内径和外径。

公开(公告)号：US06606222B1

公开(公告)日：2003-08-12

申请号：US09398993

申请日：1999-09-17

申请人： Scott E. Ryun

发明人： Scott E. Ryun

IPC分类号： G11B560

CPC分类号： G11B5/6005

摘要： A disc head slider includes a slider body having a leading slider edge, a trailing slider edge and a slider length measured from the leading slider edge to the trailing slider edge. First and second raised rails are positioned on the slider body, which have first and second bearing surfaces, respectively. A recessed area is positioned between the first and second side rails and has a recess floor. A first raised pad is positioned rearward of a midpoint along the slider length and includes a third bearing surface, which is generally coplanar with the first and second bearing surfaces. A convergent channel is recessed within the third bearing surface and trails a portion of the recessed area. The convergent channel includes a leading channel end open to fluid flow from the portion of the recessed area, non-divergent channel side walls and a trailing channel end closed to the fluid flow and forward of a localized region of the third bearing surface.

摘要翻译： 盘头滑块包括具有前导滑块边缘，后滑块边缘和从前滑块边缘到后滑块边缘测量的滑块长度的滑块本体。 第一和第二凸起轨道分别位于滑块主体上，其分别具有第一和第二支承表面。 凹陷区域位于第一和第二侧轨之间，并且具有凹陷地板。 第一凸起垫位于沿着滑块长度的中点的后方，并且包括与第一和第二支承表面大致共面的第三支承表面。 收敛通道凹陷在第三支承表面内并且跟踪凹陷区域的一部分。 会聚通道包括从凹陷区域的部分，非发散通道侧壁和靠近流体流动的尾流通道端部到第三支承表面的局部区域的前部的流体流动的引导通道端。

公开(公告)号：US06603638B2

公开(公告)日：2003-08-05

申请号：US09896475

申请日：2001-06-29

申请人： Michio Yotsuya

发明人： Michio Yotsuya

IPC分类号： G11B560

CPC分类号： G11B5/6005 ,  G11B21/21

摘要： A floating-type head slider having a rail plane that functions as an air bearing in accordance with a kinetic pressure of an air flow caused by rotation of a recording medium, that supports a recording/reproducing device for recording and reproducing information, and that keeps a predetermined gap between the device and a surface of the recording medium, wherein an edge of the rail plane includes only segments of ellipses and circles, and tangent lines of the segments, preferably the edge of the rail plane is continuous to provide a floating head slider having high reliability even in a dusty environment and a recording/reproducing apparatus in which such a floating head slider is employed.

摘要翻译： 一种浮动式磁头滑块，其具有根据由记录介质的旋转引起的气流的动力学作用的空气轴承的轨道平面，其支撑用于记录和再现信息的记录/再现装置，并且保持 设备和记录介质的表面之间的预定间隙，其中轨道平面的边缘仅包括椭圆和圆的部分，以及段的切线，优选地，轨道平面的边缘是连续的，以提供浮动头 滑块即使在多尘环境下也具有高可靠性，并且采用这种浮动浮动滑块的记录/重放装置。