Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
360246100 | Full contact suspension | 49 |
20100188779 | Suspension board with circuit - A suspension board with circuit includes a board main body portion, an auxiliary portion folded back with respect to the board main body portion, a slider disposed close to the board main body portion, and mounting thereon a magnetic head, and a light emitting element disposed close to the auxiliary portion. The conductive pattern includes a first conductive pattern including a first terminal, and a second terminal connected to the magnetic head, and a second conductive pattern including a third terminal and a fourth terminal connected to the light emitting element. The first, second and third terminals are disposed on the board main body portion. The fourth terminal is disposed on the auxiliary portion. The back surface of the board main body portion is formed with a main-body-side interfitting portion. A back surface of the auxiliary portion is formed with an auxiliary-portion-side interfitting portion. | 07-29-2010 |
20100238594 | HEAD SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY AND STORAGE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a head suspension assembly includes: a metal thin plate held by a head suspension; a fixed plate formed in the metal thin plate and joined to the head suspension; a supporting plate formed in the metal thin plate on the front side of the fixed plate and supporting a head slider on a surface thereof and held on a rear surface thereof by a protrusion formed on the head suspension; an arm formed in the metal thin plate and extending from the fixed plate to the supporting plate and allowing a change in a posture of the supporting plate; an insulating layer extending from the fixed plate to the supporting plate and supported by the arm; a wiring pattern formed on the insulating layer; and a visco-elastic body arranged on a flat surface formed on the arm, the insulating layer, or the wiring pattern. | 09-23-2010 |
20100246067 | Magnetic Head Suspension - In a magnetic head suspension according to the present invention, each of paired right and left connecting beams that are positioned on both sides of an open section, with which paired piezoelectric elements are at least partially overlapped in a plan view, in a suspension width direction and connect a proximal end section that is directly or indirectly connected to a main actuator and a distal end section to which the load bending part is connected includes proximal-side and distal-side beams. The distal-side beam is inclined with respect to the proximal-side beam in a plan view such that a connection point between the proximal-side and distal-side beams is located closer to a suspension longitudinal center line relative to a virtual line connecting the proximal end of the proximal-side beam and the distal end of the distal-side beam. | 09-30-2010 |
20100284112 | HEAD SUSPENSION UNIT, HEAD SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY, AND STORAGE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a head suspension unit includes: a head suspension; a thin plate body of a flexure attached to a surface of the head suspension and holding an insulating layer on the surface thereof; a wiring pattern formed on a surface of the insulating layer and forming a hollow conductor defining a hollow space extending along the surface of the insulating layer; and an insulating material filling the hollow space. | 11-11-2010 |
20100296196 | HEAD SUSPENSION - A head suspension has a load beam and a piezoelectric actuator. The piezoelectric actuator has an actuator base connected to a base part of the load beam and a piezoelectric element attached to an opening formed in the actuator base. The piezoelectric actuator displaces a front end of the load beam in a sway direction according to deformation of the piezoelectric element that occurs in response to a voltage applied thereto. The head suspension includes a nonconductive adhesive filled between the piezoelectric element and the opening, to fix the piezoelectric element to the opening and a trap formed on the actuator base outside the opening, to hold the nonconductive adhesive oozing out of the opening and prevent the oozed adhesive from spreading. The trap prevents the oozed adhesive from contaminating the periphery of the opening. | 11-25-2010 |
20110013318 | HEAD SUSPENSION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HEAD SUSPENSION - A head suspension | 01-20-2011 |
20110013319 | DISK DRIVE WITH MICRO-ACTUATOR INTERCONNECT CONDITIONING - A disk drive configured with micro-actuator interconnect conditioning. The disk drive includes a disk, a head, an actuator, a piezoelectric element, a hardened conductive adhesive, a voltage-supply circuit, and a controller. The head is configured to access the disk. The actuator includes a suspension supporting the head, and an arm supporting the suspension. The piezoelectric element is disposed on the suspension, is electrically connected to a first drive line and a second drive line, and is configured to change the position of the head. The hardened conductive adhesive is electrically connected to at least one connecting part of the piezoelectric element and the first drive line. The voltage-supply circuit is configured to supply a voltage to the piezoelectric element. The controller is configured to control a voltage-control circuit each time a designated process is executed, and to apply a voltage to the piezoelectric element with a prescribed maximum absolute value. | 01-20-2011 |
20110026166 | MULTI-LAYER GROUND PLANE STRUCTURES FOR INTEGRATED LEAD SUSPENSIONS - Multi-layer ground plane structures and methods of manufacture for integrated lead suspension flexures. A flexure in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes an insulating layer, a plurality of traces on the insulating layer and a stainless steel base layer on the side of the insulating layer opposite the traces. The stainless steel base layer includes one or more void portions with voids in the base layer opposite the insulating layer from the traces and one or more backed portions with the base layer backing the traces. A plurality of first conductive ground planes are located between the stainless steel base layer and the insulating layer opposite the insulating layer from the traces at the backed portions of the stainless steel base layer. A continuous second conductive ground plane is located opposite the insulating layer from the traces at the void portions and backed portions of the stainless steel base layer. | 02-03-2011 |
20110075302 | BASEPLATE RESONANT AXIS OPTIMIZATION - In one implementation, the presently disclosed technology teaches an apparatus with a head attached to an end of a baseplate. The baseplate includes a tilted section that causes a torsion axis of the baseplate to pass near the head. In another implementation, the presently disclosed technology teaches an apparatus with a load beam attached to a baseplate. The apparatus also includes a head attached to an opposite end of the load beam from the baseplate. The baseplate includes a mass-shifted section that causes a torsion axis of the apparatus to pass through the head. In yet another implementation, the presently disclosed technology teaches a method for reducing baseplate resonance amplitude. The method includes shifting a baseplate mass on a suspension toward an adjacent disc surface to move a baseplate torsion axis to pass near a head. | 03-31-2011 |
20110205669 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETO-RESISTANCE EFFECT ELEMENT, MAGNETIC HEAD ASSEMBLY, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a magneto-resistance effect element is disclosed. The element has first and second magnetic layers, and an intermediate layer provided between the first and second magnetic layers. The intermediate layer has an insulating layer and a conductive portion penetrating through the insulating layer. The method can include forming a structure body having the insulating layer and the conductive portion, performing a first treatment including irradiating the structure body with at least one of ion including at least one selected from the group consisting of argon, xenon, helium, neon and krypton and a plasma including at least one selected from the group, and performing a second treatment including at least one of exposure to gas containing oxygen or nitrogen, irradiation of ion beam containing oxygen or nitrogen, irradiation of plasma containing oxygen or nitrogen, to the structure body submitted to the first treatment. | 08-25-2011 |
20110228427 | MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT, MAGNETIC HEAD ASSEMBLY, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A magnetoresistive element includes a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, a nonmagnetic layer, a first metal layer, a second metal layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The nonmagnetic layer is provided between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer. The first metal layer includes Au and is provided so that the first ferromagnetic layer is sandwiched between the nonmagnetic layer and the first metal layer. The second metal layer includes a CuNi alloy, and is provided so that the first metal layer is sandwiched between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second metal layer. In addition, magnetization of either one of the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer is fixed in a direction. Magnetization of the other is variable in response to an external field. At least one of the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer includes a half metal. | 09-22-2011 |
20110242705 | MAGNETIC HEAD, MAGNETIC HEAD ASSEMBLY, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a reproducing section. The reproducing section includes a first magnetic shield, a second magnetic shield, a magnetoresistive effect film, and a third magnetic shield. The magnetoresistive effect film is provided between the first magnetic shield and the second magnetic shield and includes a first magnetization free layer changing a magnetization direction in response to an external magnetic field. The third magnetic shield is provided between the magnetoresistive effect film and the first magnetic shield and has a higher saturation magnetic flux density than the first magnetic shield. | 10-06-2011 |
20120026628 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC WRITE HEAD HAVING A TRAILING WRAP-AROUND MAGNETIC SHIELD MAGNETICALLY BIASED IN A CROSS TRACK DIRECTION - A perpendicular magnetic write head having improved Bit Error Rate (BER), Adjacent Track Interference (ATI) and Far Track Interference (FTI). The write head includes a write pole and a trailing wrap-around magnetic shield. A permanent magnetic is located at either outer side of the shield. These magnets are magnetized to have magnetizations that are oriented in the same direction, in a direction that is perpendicular to the track direction and parallel with the air bearing surface. | 02-02-2012 |
20120243126 | SUSPENSION CIRCUIT BOARD, SUSPENSION FOR HARD DISK AND HARD DISK DRIVE - A suspension circuit board | 09-27-2012 |
20130010393 | CONNECTING STRUCTURE FOR A PLATE MATERIAL AND AN OPPOSITE MEMBER BETWEEN WHICH A RESIN SEAT IS INTERPOSED AND HEAD SUSPENSION WITH THE CONNECTING STRUCTURE - A head suspension with a connecting structure for a plate material comprises a base plate attached to a carriage that rotates the base plate around an axis, a load beam including a rigid part and a resilient part, a base end of the load beam fixed to the base plate at a plurality of first welded points, a flexure including a read/write head and a wiring and fixed to the load beam at a plurality of second welded points, and a resin seat interposed between the load beam and the flexure so that the resin seat prevents the load beam and the flexure from hitting each other due to vibration of at least one of the load beam and the flexure. | 01-10-2013 |
20140133053 | METHOD AND APPARATUS USED FOR DETERMINING FRICTION BETWEEN SLIDER AND ROTATING DATA STORAGE MEDIUM - A flexible member is coupled between an actuator arm and a slider. The flexible member facilitates relative motion in a tangential direction of a rotating medium. The relative motion is detected via a displacement sensor, and a friction between the slider and the rotating medium is determined based on the sensed relative motion. | 05-15-2014 |
20140300996 | MAGNETORESISTANCE EFFECT ELEMENT, MAGNETIC HEAD, MAGNETIC HEAD ASSEMBLY, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a magnetoresistance effect element includes a first shield, a second shield, a stacked unit, and a hard bias unit. The stacked unit includes a first magnetic layer provided between the first shield and the second shield, a second magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second shield, and an intermediate layer provided between the and second magnetic layers. The hard bias unit is provided between the first shield and the second shield to be arranged with the stacked unit. A crystal orientation plane of the first magnetic layer in a film surface perpendicular direction is a cubic (110) plane. The first magnetic layer includes a first stacked body including a first Fe layer and a first Co layer stacked along the first direction, and a first Heusler alloy layer stacked with the first stacked body along the first direction. | 10-09-2014 |
360246200 | Slider detail | 26 |
20100073822 | MAGNETIC HEAD ASSEMBLY AND MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE - A magnetic head assembly includes: a slider; an actuator disposed on an end face of the slider; and a magnetic head unit connected to the actuator. The actuator has a structure in which multiple electrodes are arranged in a piezoelectric body, and is driven in d33 mode. In other words, when a predetermined voltage is applied to the actuator, a portion between the electrodes in the piezoelectric body expands or contracts with respect to a voltage application direction. When the piezoelectric body of the actuator expands or contracts, the magnetic head unit is deformed, and the deformation causes a change of the distance between a magnetic head (recording element and reproducing element) and a magnetic recording medium. | 03-25-2010 |
20100091410 | Magnetic read/write head and magnetic read/write apparatus having same - A magnetic read/write head includes: a slider having an ABS, a surface at an leading edge, and a surface at an trailing edge; a piezoelectric device arranged on the surface at the trailing edge of the slider; and a magnetic read/write element arranged on the piezoelectric device. The piezoelectric device, upon application of voltage, is displaced asymmetrically with respect to a displacement axis which is on the surface at the trailing edge of the slider and which is perpendicular to the surface of the magnetic recording medium. With this asymmetrical displacement of the piezoelectric device, the magnetic read/write element rotates about the rotation axis perpendicular to the surface of the magnetic recording medium. | 04-15-2010 |
20100097725 | CARRIAGE ASSEMBLY AND STORAGE MEDIUM DRIVING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a carriage assembly includes a carriage block body, a carriage arm, a coil, a pair of support arms, and a frame body. The carriage block body is rotatably connected to a spindle. The carriage arm extends forward from the front of the carriage block body. The coil is located behind the carriage block body, and defines a linear region extending along a reference straight line extending radially from the center of the spindle. The support arms extend in parallel to the linear region from a back surface of the carriage block body. The frame body is made of a resin material, and fills between the coil and the support arms to couple the coil and the support arms. The support arms extend more outside than the external end of the linear region of the coil in the radial direction. | 04-22-2010 |
20100118445 | Suspension board with circuit - A suspension board with circuit includes a conductive pattern, a board main body portion, an auxiliary portion folded back with respect to the board main body portion, a slider disposed on a side of the suspension board with circuit which is closer to the board main body portion, and mounting thereon a magnetic head, and a light emitting element disposed on a side of the suspension board with circuit which is closer to the auxiliary portion. The conductive pattern includes a first conductive pattern including first and second terminals connected to an external circuit and the magnetic head, and second conductive pattern including third and fourth terminals connected to the external circuit and light emitting element. Both of the first and second terminal are disposed on the board main body portion. The third and fourth terminals are disposed on the board main body portion and on the auxiliary portion respectively. | 05-13-2010 |
20100134926 | SINTERED BODY AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - An object is to provide a sintered body causing less chipping and having a sufficiently higher polishing rate than a conventional AlTiC sintered body, and providing a sufficiently smooth air bearing surface. The sintered body according to the present invention consists of Al | 06-03-2010 |
20100149693 | HEAD-SLIDER INCLUDING A LOW-SURFACE-ENERGY FILM THAT PREVENTS LUBRICANT ACCUMULATION, HEAD-ARM ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE HEAD-SLIDER, AND HARD-DISK DRIVE INCLUDING THE HEAD-ARM ASSEMBLY - The head-slider is configured to receive an air-stream produced by rotation of a magnetic-recording disk and is configured to fly in proximity with a recording surface of the magnetic-recording disk. The head-slider includes a trailing edge on an outflow side of the air-stream, and a disk-facing surface that is configured to face the recording surface of the magnetic-recording disk. A low-surface-energy film is disposed on a portion of a trailing-edge side of the head-slider that is in contact with a boundary between the trailing edge and the disk-facing surface. The low-surface-energy film has a lower surface energy than other portions of the trailing-edge side where the low-surface-energy film is not disposed. | 06-17-2010 |
20100157483 | Magnetic Head Slider Inhibiting A Side Erase And Method Of Manufacturing Thereof - In one embodiment, a magnetic head slider includes a write head having a single magnetic pole, the single magnetic pole having a main magnetic pole piece that extends to a medium opposing surface facing a magnetic disk. The main magnetic pole piece generates a recording magnetic field from a medium opposing surface side end face thereof being divided into an injection region and a non-injection region. Impurities which deteriorate magnetic properties are present in a higher concentration in the injection region relative to a concentration of the impurities in the non-injection region due to injection of the impurities in the injection region. The non-injection region has a narrower width at a leading end of the medium opposing surface side end face than at a trailing end of the medium opposing surface side end face. In another embodiment, the magnetic head slider may be incorporated into a system including a magnetic recording medium, at least one magnetic head, and a control unit coupled to the magnetic head. | 06-24-2010 |
20100165514 | HEAD SUPPORTING MECHANISM - A head supporting mechanism equipped with a waveguide is provided by which stiffness of the waveguide does not give a large influence to flying-heights and attitudes of a slider. In the head supporting mechanism, the waveguide provided on a suspension is arranged in such a manner that a portion of the waveguide is bent in either an in-plane direction or an out-plane direction of the suspension. | 07-01-2010 |
20100182722 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC STORAGE MEDIUM AND MULTILAYERED STRUCTURE FILM AND STORAGE DEVICE - A second thin film having a second thickness is overlaid on a first thin film having a first thickness in a first laminate unit. The first thin film is made of nonmagnetic noble metal atoms. The second thin film is made of magnetic atoms. A fourth thin film having a fourth thickness different from the second thickness is overlaid on a third thin film having a third thickness different from the first thickness in a second laminate unit. The third thin film is made of the nonmagnetic noble metal atoms. The fourth thin film is made of the magnetic atoms. The total saturation magnetization Ms and the total anisotropic magnetic field Hk can be adjusted by changing the numbers of the first and second thin films. | 07-22-2010 |
20100214697 | SUSPENSION DESIGN FOR HIGH SHOCK PERFORMANCE SOLDERING BALL BONDING - Aspects of the present invention include a system and method for improving the reliability performance of hard disk drives by routing the traces connected to the slider from the trailing edge to the leading edge and having a portion of the traces being under the magnetic slider. Aspects of the present invention can also include routing the traces in a manner that lessens the stress experienced during vibration or shock events. | 08-26-2010 |
20100232071 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/PLAYBACK APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a slider, a recording/reproduction element formed on a distal end face of the slider, and a resin film formed at least on the recording/reproduction element and the distal end face and having at least one of water repellency and oil repellency. | 09-16-2010 |
20100315747 | MAGNETIC HEAD AND DISK DRIVE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - According to an embodiment, a magnetic head for perpendicular recording, includes a slider including a facing surface opposed to a recording medium, and a head portion on the slider and configured to perform information processing for the recording medium. The head portion includes a main pole configured to apply a perpendicular recording magnetic field to the recording medium, a recording coil configured to excite the main pole, a write shield pole opposing the main pole across a write gap, side shields arranged individually on opposite sides of the main pole in a track width direction and magnetically isolated from the main pole, and low-flux-density layers formed of a material having a saturation magnetic flux density lower than that of the main pole, located between the main pole and the side shields, and configured to regulate magnetic fluxes flowing from the main pole to the side shields. | 12-16-2010 |
20100321834 | HEAD, HEAD SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY, AND DISK DRIVE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - According to an embodiment, a head includes a slider and a head portion on the slider. A facing surface of the slider includes a negative-pressure cavity defined by a recess in the facing surface, a leading step portion on an upstream side of the negative-pressure cavity, a pair of side portions extending in a first direction from the leading step portion, a trailing step portion on an outflow side of the negative-pressure cavity, a pair of skirt portions extending in the first direction from the side portions toward the outflow end of the slider, and an enclosure step portion continuously arranged along an outflow end edge and opposite side edges of the facing surface from the trailing step portion to opposite sides of the skirt portions and outsides of the side portions and formed deeper than the skirt portions and shallower than the negative-pressure cavity. | 12-23-2010 |
20110026167 | REDUCING SLIDER BOUNCE IN A HARD DISK DRIVE - Reducing slider bounce within a hard disk drive. A force is received at a first material while the first material is in contact with a disk of a hard disk drive; the first material comprising a portion that is flexible in a first direction and is substantially non-flexible in a second direction. The first direction is a direction that is normal to the disk and the second direction is a direction that is parallel to a surface of the disk. The force is substantially absorbed by the portion that is flexible to reduce the force associated with interaction between the first material and the disk, thereby reducing slider bounce within the hard disk drive | 02-03-2011 |
20110032642 | COMMONLY-POLED PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A system for poling piezoelectric devices comprises a plurality of thin-film components, a plurality of piezoelectric devices, a poling pad for poling the piezoelectric devices, a plurality of traces, and a plurality of current-limiting elements. The thin-film components are separated by dice lanes to form an array, and the piezoelectric devices are formed on the thin-film components. The traces connect the piezoelectric devices across the dice lanes in parallel to the poling pad. Each current-limiting element is connected in series with one of the piezoelectric devices, in order to limit current to individual piezoelectric devices that experience current-related failure. | 02-10-2011 |
20110058282 | Magnetic Head Suspension - In a magnetic head suspension according to the present invention, each of paired piezoelectric elements is disposed within an open section of a supporting part so that at least a part of its distal-side end surface faces a distal-side wall surface of the distal end section of the supporting part with having a distal-side gap between the distal-side end surface and the distal-side wall surface and at least a part of its proximal-side end surface faces a proximal-side wall surface of the proximal end section of the supporting part with having a proximal-side gap between the proximal-side end surface and the proximal-side wall surface in a state where both of upper and lower electrode layers of the piezoelectric element do not face the supporting part and any rigid members that are fixed to the supporting part. Each of the paired piezoelectric elements is fixed to the supporting part by a distal-side insulative adhesive agent and a proximal-side insulative adhesive agent that fill the distal-side gap and the proximal-side gap, respectively. | 03-10-2011 |
20110096441 | SLIDER WITH IMPROVED ROBUSTNESS TO PARTICLE CONTACT - In a disc drive, a slider having electronic communication with the surface of a data disc, the slider having a first up-track mill transition that has a transition mill to remove oblique mill transitions so that the transition has a substantially perpendicular portion that impacts contaminant particles on or near the disc surface. In other embodiments, other edges of the slider have transition mills to remove oblique transition mills from possible impact with such particles. | 04-28-2011 |
20110116193 | MAGNETIC HEAD WITH INTEGRATED WRITE DRIVER - An apparatus comprises a slider body, a transducer and a write driver. The transducer comprises a writer. The write driver is integrated on the slider body, and directly connected to the writer. | 05-19-2011 |
20110141628 | LAMINATED MONOLITHIC POLYMER FILM DESICCANTS FOR MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICES - A desiccant device that emits no contamination and is therefore suitable for use in an electronic device such as a magnetic disk drive system. The desiccant device includes a pouch formed of a laminate layer. The laminate layer includes a thin, non-permeable monolithic membrane laminated to a porous media. The thin, non-permeable monolithic membrane is thin enough to allow a desired vapor to pass there-through by molecular diffusion, but does not include any voids, pores or holes that would allow gas, liquid or solid to permeate there-through. Since the permeable membrane only passes vapor by molecular diffusion, it prohibits any dust fibers or other contamination from emitting from the desiccant device and thereby prevents contamination of the electronic device such as the disk drive. | 06-16-2011 |
20110286132 | Suspension board with circuit and producing method thereof - A suspension board with circuit includes a metal supporting board, an insulating layer formed on the metal supporting board, and a conductive pattern formed on the insulating layer and having a terminal portion connected to connecting terminals of a magnetic head mounted on a slider. A slider mounting region where the slider is disposed is defined, and a plurality of the terminal portions are spaced apart from each other in the slider mounting region, and in the metal supporting board, an opening which opens so as to expose the insulating layer where the terminal portions are disposed is formed at the slider mounting region. | 11-24-2011 |
20110292550 | Magnetic Head Suspension - First and second piezoelectric element overlapped portions of an insulating layer of a flexure part is formed with first and second connecting openings, respectively. There are provided on an upper surface of the insulating layer, first and second lower conductive adhesive agents that electrically connect lower electrode layers of first and second piezoelectric elements to a voltage supply wiring through the first and second connecting openings, and a surrounding insulative adhesive agent that is arranged so as to surround the first and second lower conductive adhesive agents in a plan view. | 12-01-2011 |
20110299196 | Suspension gimbal designs with better dynamic performances - Gimbal designs are provided that minimize adverse dynamic performance of a HDD suspension, particularly subsequent to head-disk-interface (HDI) interactions. The improvement of operational performance can be seen in graphical representations of the vibrational modes of a gimbal mounted slider subsequent to such HDI interactions. Each gimbal design includes a ramp limiter formed as two separated arms connected by one or two transverse bars and a routing of conducting traces that relieves stress and minimally contacts these bars. | 12-08-2011 |
20120092794 | Suspension board with circuit and producing method thereof - A suspension board with circuit includes a metal supporting board, an insulating layer formed on the metal supporting board, and a conductive layer formed on the insulating layer. The insulating layer includes a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer. The conductive layer includes a first conductive pattern and a second conductive pattern. The first conductive pattern includes a first connecting portion formed on the first insulating layer and under the second insulating layer and a first terminal. The second conductive pattern includes a second connecting portion formed on the second insulating layer and a second terminal. The suspension board with circuit is formed with an opening, and a slider is provided such that an electronic element is inserted in the opening to be electrically connected to the first terminal and a magnetic head on the slider is electrically connected to the second terminal. | 04-19-2012 |
20120120528 | NOISE AND PARTICLE SHIELD FOR CONTACT SENSOR IN A SLIDER - A slider comprising a contact sensor element configured to respond to a change in resistance due to a change in temperature, and a shield structure. The shield structure comprises a lower thermal conductivity than the contact sensor element and a greater hardness than the contact sensor element. | 05-17-2012 |
20120154954 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC WRITE HEAD HAVING A LAMINATED TRAILING RETURN POLE - A perpendicular magnetic write head having a laminated trailing return pole structure that reduces magnetic eddy currents in the return pole for improved write head efficiency. The trailing magnetic return pole includes multiple magnetic layers. Each magnetic layer is separated from an adjacent magnetic layer of the return pole by a non-magnetic layer. The non-magnetic layer terminates at a region that is removed from the air bearing surface in order to allow contact between the magnetic layers at the ABS, thereby preventing stray magnetic fields from emitting from the magnetic layers of the write pole. | 06-21-2012 |
20150055253 | DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION - A slider and microactuator elements are arranged on a gimbal portion of a flexure. A conducting member includes tongue conductive circuit portions, and unsupported conductive circuit portions which do not overlap with a metal base. The unsupported conductive circuit portions are disposed between arms of an outrigger portion. Bendable portions for reducing bending stiffness are formed in the unsupported conductive circuit portions, respectively. End portions of the microactuator elements are secured to supporting portions of a tongue, respectively. Each of bridge members is provided between the corresponding supporting portion of the tongue and the corresponding unsupported conductive circuit portion. | 02-26-2015 |
360246300 | Pivot detail | 2 |
20080239579 | Spring loaded head for reduced fly height and tracking control - An apparatus includes a body having a first air bearing surface and defining an opening, and a transducer portion having a second air bearing surface and positioned within the opening and coupled to the body by a plurality of spring members extending from the transducer portion to the body. | 10-02-2008 |
20100296197 | DISK DRIVE WITH ADHESIVELY BONDED PIVOT-BEARING ASSEMBLY - A disk drive. The disk drive includes a head for accessing a disk, a suspension for supporting the head, a carriage coupled to the suspension, a pivot-bearing assembly, an adhesive, and an adhesion inhibitor. The pivot-bearing assembly is housed in a hole of the carriage that is configured to rotate in such a way that the carriage is configured to oscillate. The adhesive is disposed between the pivot-bearing assembly and an inner circumferential surface of the hole for bonding the pivot-bearing assembly with the carriage. The adhesion inhibitor is disposed on the same surface as the adhesive for controlling a region of adhesion. | 11-25-2010 |
360246400 | Gimbal detail | 4 |
20090190264 | Magnetoresistive element and method of manufacturing the same - A magnetoresistive element includes a magnetoresistive film including a magnetization pinned layer, a magnetization free layer, an intermediate layer arranged between the magnetization pinned layer and the magnetization free layer, a cap layer arranged on the magnetization pinned layer or on the magnetization free layer, and a functional layer arranged in the magnetization pinned layer, in the magnetization free layer, in the interface between the magnetization pinned layer and the intermediate layer, in the interface between the intermediate layer and the magnetization free layer, or in the interface between the magnetization pinned layer or the magnetization free layer and the cap layer, and a pair of electrodes which pass a current perpendicularly to a plane of the magnetoresistive film, in which the functional layer is formed of a layer including nitrogen and a metal material containing 5 atomic % or more of Fe. | 07-30-2009 |
20110090602 | HEAD-GIMBAL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A TRANSMISSION-LINE STRUCTURE FOR HIGH-DENSITY MAGNETIC RECORDING - A head-gimbal assembly. The head-gimbal assembly includes a suspension, a head-slider coupled to the suspension, a magnetic-recording assistance element on the head-slider for applying an electromagnetic wave to a magnetic-recording disk, and a transmission line on the suspension for transmitting signals to the magnetic-recording assistance element. The transmission line includes an electrically conductive line for transmitting the signals, an upper shield placed above the electrically conductive line along the electrically conductive line, a lower shield placed below the electrically conductive line along the electrically conductive line, and a plurality of columns arranged at each of a right side and a left side of the electrically conductive line along the electrically conductive line for connecting the upper shield and the lower shield. The plurality of columns arranged at the right and left sides includes, respectively, a right linear array of columns and a left linear array of columns. | 04-21-2011 |
20110194209 | MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD, HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY, AND DISK DRIVE UNIT WITH THE SAME - A magnetic recording head includes a trailing surface and a plurality of bonding pads arranged on the trailing surface and in a row adapted for both bonding and testing. Each of the bonding pads has at least one side portion being coated with electrically conductive solder nonwettable coat to prevent short circuit between the adjacent bonding pads. The invention also discloses a head gimbal assembly with the magnetic recording head and a disk drive unit having such head gimbal assembly. | 08-11-2011 |
20120275065 | DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION HAVING FLEXURE AND LOAD BEAM WITH INSULATING SPACE BETWEEN LOAD BEAM AND CONDUCTOR OF FLEXURE - A slit is formed between two opposite side portions of a metal base made of an electrically conductive material. The slit penetrates the metal base thicknesswise and extends longitudinally relative to the metal base. An insulating layer is formed on the metal base. A first conductor is formed within the slit. The first conductor extends longitudinally relative to the metal base along the slit. A second conductor is formed on the insulating layer. The second conductor faces the first conductor across the insulating layer. The second conductor extends longitudinally relative to the metal base along the first conductor. The metal base and the first conductor consist of a common base material, such as a stainless-steel plate. The first conductor is formed by etching the base material. | 11-01-2012 |