公开(公告)号：US5632669A

公开(公告)日：1997-05-27

申请号：US452041

申请日：1995-05-26

申请人： Michael H. Azarian ,  Michael A. Baldwinson ,  David T. Gutowski ,  Harold J. Hamilton ,  James P. Hennessy ,  Mark W. Parcher ,  Kenneth K. H. Tang

发明人： Michael H. Azarian ,  Michael A. Baldwinson ,  David T. Gutowski ,  Harold J. Hamilton ,  James P. Hennessy ,  Mark W. Parcher ,  Kenneth K. H. Tang

IPC分类号： B24B7/00 ,  B24B7/16 ,  B24B19/16 ,  B24B37/00 ,  B24B49/00 ,  B24B49/04 ,  G11B5/10 ,  G11B5/187 ,  G11B5/31 ,  G11B5/455 ,  G11B21/00 ,  G11B21/21 ,  G11B33/10 ,  B24B49/02 ,  B24B49/10

CPC分类号： B24B37/048 ,  B24B19/16 ,  B24B37/00 ,  B24B49/00 ,  B24B49/045 ,  B24B7/00 ,  B24B7/16 ,  G11B21/00 ,  G11B21/21 ,  G11B33/10 ,  G11B5/10 ,  G11B5/1871 ,  G11B5/3106 ,  G11B5/455 ,  G11B5/3166 ,  Y10T29/49034 ,  Y10T29/49041 ,  Y10T29/49048

摘要： An interactive system for lapping transducers has an abrasive surface that communicates with the transducers in order to provide information for controlling the lapping and testing the transducers. The lapping body is preferably shaped as a disk, drum or tape, and communicates with the transducer with a type of signal that the transducer is designed to read and/or write. Thus for lapping a magnetic head or slider to be employed in a hard disk drive, the lapping body contains a magnetic medium layer that is either prerecorded or written by the head during lapping, while the signal received by the head is monitored and analyzed by a processor in order to determine, in part, when to terminate lapping. A series of transducers can be simultaneously lapped while individually monitored, so that each transducer can be removed from the lapping body individually upon receipt of a signal indicating that transducer has been lapped an optimal amount. Transducers for employment in drive systems can also be tested for performance characteristics by utilizing lapping bodies having surface characteristics similar to those found in the drive system.

摘要翻译： 用于研磨传感器的交互式系统具有与换能器通信的研磨表面，以便提供用于控制研磨和测试换能器的信息。 研磨体优选地成形为圆盘，滚筒或带，并且与换能器与换能器设计为读取和/或写入的信号类型进行通信。 因此，为研磨在硬盘驱动器中使用的磁头或滑块，研磨体包含在研磨期间由磁头预先记录或写入的磁性介质层，而由磁头接收的信号被监测和分析 处理器为了确定，在一定程度上终止研磨。 一系列传感器可以在单独监控的同时进行研磨，从而每个传感器可以在接收到指示传感器已经被研磨成最佳量的信号时，从研磨体单独移除。 还可以通过利用具有与驱动系统中相似的表面特征的研磨体来测试驱动系统中使用的传感器的性能特征。

公开(公告)号：US5490027A

公开(公告)日：1996-02-06

申请号：US783619

申请日：1991-10-28

申请人： Harold J. Hamilton ,  Timothy W. Martin

发明人： Harold J. Hamilton ,  Timothy W. Martin

IPC分类号： G11B5/48 ,  G11B5/60

CPC分类号： G11B5/4853 ,  G11B5/4813 ,  G11B5/4826

摘要： A low-mass head/flexure/conductor assembly for reading and writing information with respect to a rigid magnetic recording disk. The assembly includes a read/write transducer unit, an elongate flexure, and gimbal structure interconnecting and articulating the transducer unit and the flexure for selected, limited relative roll and pitch, without relative yaw. Conductive ribbons that form part of the gimbal structure also form part of the conductive circuit provided in the assembly. The assembly has an effective mass of no more than about 1.5-milligrams. Plural, hardened, wear-resistant feet are formed on the transducer unit for enabling sliding contact with the recording surface in a disk.

摘要翻译： 用于读取和写入相对于刚性磁记录盘的信息的低质量头/挠曲/导体组件。 该组件包括读/写换能器单元，细长挠曲件和万向节结构，用于选择的，有限的相对滚动和俯仰相互连接并铰接换能器单元和挠曲件，而没有相对偏航。 形成万向架结构的一部分的导电带也构成了组件中提供的导电电路的一部分。 该组件的有效质量不超过约1.5毫克。 在换能器单元上形成有多个硬化的耐磨脚，用于与盘中的记录表面滑动接触。

公开(公告)号：US5063712A

公开(公告)日：1991-11-12

申请号：US503276

申请日：1990-04-02

申请人： Harold J. Hamilton ,  Leonard E. Harr

发明人： Harold J. Hamilton ,  Leonard E. Harr

IPC分类号： B24B39/06 ,  G11B5/84

CPC分类号： G11B5/84 ,  B24B39/06 ,  Y10T29/47

摘要： An integrated unitary micro-burnishing head structure for use with the surface of rigid magnetic recording media. In one type of embodiment, the proposed head structure includes a single elongate flexure body to one end of which is joined a media-contacting abrader head which may take any one of several different preferred shapes. In another embodiment, plural elongate flexure bodies are disposed in a comb-like array carrying abrader heads at one set of free ends, and joined adjacent their opposite ends through a common joinder structure.

公开(公告)号：US06411470B1

公开(公告)日：2002-06-25

申请号：US08621521

申请日：1996-03-25

申请人： Harold J. Hamilton ,  Timothy W. Martin

发明人： Harold J. Hamilton ,  Timothy W. Martin

IPC分类号： G11B5187

CPC分类号： G11B5/4833 ,  G11B5/6082

摘要： A disk drive system for contact recording has a flexure beam holding a transducer at one end, the flexure beam being oriented substantially along the direction that the transducer slides on a rigid magnetic disk. The transducer has a protrusion which contacts the disk and separates the rest of the transducer from the moving air film that adjoins the spinning disk, the protrusion containing a magnetic pole structure that communicates with the disk during sliding. A preferred embodiment employs a gimbal structure which allows limited movement of the transducer relative to the flexure beam and three disk-contacting pads extending down from the transducer to make contact with the magnetic disk, at least one of the pads containing a magnetic pole structure and two of the pads trailing the third pad.

摘要翻译： 用于接触记录的磁盘驱动器系统具有在一端保持换能器的挠曲束，所述挠曲梁基本上沿着换能器在刚性磁盘上滑动的方向定向。 换能器具有接触盘的突起，并将其余的传感器与邻近旋转盘的移动空气膜分开，该突出部包括在滑动期间与盘连通的磁极结构。 优选实施例采用万向架结构，其允许传感器相对于弯曲梁的有限运动和从换能器向下延伸以与磁盘接触的三个盘接触垫，至少一个垫包含磁极结构和 两个垫跟随第三垫。

公开(公告)号：US5073242A

公开(公告)日：1991-12-17

申请号：US632958

申请日：1990-12-21

申请人： Harold J. Hamilton

发明人： Harold J. Hamilton

IPC分类号： G11B5/31 ,  G11B5/48

CPC分类号： G11B5/484 ,  G11B5/3103 ,  Y10T29/49041 ,  Y10T29/49043 ,  Y10T29/49064

摘要： An integrated head/flexure/conductor structure for the reading and writing of information with respect to a relatively moving medium, such as a disk or drum, and a method for manufacturing the same. The proposed structure takes the form of a micro-dimension, elongate, dielectric flexure body, and embedded within such body both magnetic read/write pole structure, and electrical coil and conductor structure operatively associated with the pole structure. The flexure body and the embedded constituents are formed on an atom-by-atom basis utilizing one or more conventioanl material-deposition processes.

摘要翻译： 用于相对于相对移动介质（例如盘或鼓）读取和写入信息的集成头/挠曲/导体结构及其制造方法。 所提出的结构采取微尺寸，细长的介电挠曲体的形式，并且嵌入在这样的主体内，磁读/写极结构以及与极结构可操作地相关联的电线圈和导体结构。 弯曲体和嵌入的成分是利用一种或多种聚合物材料沉积工艺以原子为单位形成的。

公开(公告)号：US4423450A

公开(公告)日：1983-12-27

申请号：US260899

申请日：1981-05-06

申请人： Harold J. Hamilton

发明人： Harold J. Hamilton

IPC分类号： G11B5/00 ,  G11B5/02 ,  G11B5/127 ,  G11B5/187 ,  G11B5/29 ,  G11B5/33 ,  G11B5/335 ,  G11B5/49 ,  G11B5/20

CPC分类号： G11B5/1278 ,  G11B5/335 ,  G11B5/4969

摘要： An improved recording and read head particularly suited for use with perpendicular recording techniques. The recording head can be fabricated either as a single head or as a multitrack array. If fabricated as a multitrack array, the head includes a plurality of main poles spaced closely to one another and a common long flux closing pole which completes a magnetic circuit between the main poles and the recording medium. Each main pole of the head array is individually addressable with a purpose of recording or reading by means of a flux gate arrangement. The flux gate may be utilized so that the head operates either in a conventional fashion by detecting the rate of change of induced flux or by detecting the magnitude of the induced flux.

摘要翻译： 一种改进的记录和读取头，特别适用于垂直记录技术。 记录头可以作为单头或多轨阵列来制造。 如果制造为多轨阵列，则头部包括彼此间隔紧密的多个主极，以及在主极和记录介质之间完成磁路的公共长通量闭合极。 头阵列的每个主极都可单独寻址，其目的是通过磁通门装置进行记录或读取。 可以利用磁通门，使得磁头通过检测感应磁通的变化率或通过检测感应通量的大小以常规方式运行。

公开(公告)号：US6160685A

公开(公告)日：2000-12-12

申请号：US702936

申请日：1996-08-26

申请人： Harold J. Hamilton

发明人： Harold J. Hamilton

IPC分类号： G11B21/21 ,  G11B5/48 ,  G11B5/60 ,  G11B21/16

CPC分类号： G11B5/6005 ,  G11B5/3106 ,  G11B5/484 ,  G11B5/4886 ,  G11B2005/0002

摘要： An electromagnetic disk drive system including a rigid disk and electromagnetic read/write head structure and elongate flexure structure which cooperatively offer unique features and performance in the head/disk interface region. The head structure and flexure structure, in one form of the invention, are unitary and integrated and in another form are articulated. Both forms of the invention perform with substantially continuous dynamic contact with the recording surface of the disk, and both are characterized by a low effective mass and low contact force between the head and disk surface.

摘要翻译： 包括硬盘和电磁读/写头结构和细长弯曲结构的电磁盘驱动系统，其在磁头/磁盘接口区域中协同提供独特的特征和性能。 在本发明的一种形式中的头部结构和挠曲结构是一体的并且是一体的，而另一种形式是铰接的。 本发明的这两种形式与盘的记录表面基本上连续地动态接触，并且其特征在于头和盘表面之间的有效质量低和接触力低。

公开(公告)号：US5557488A

公开(公告)日：1996-09-17

申请号：US11890

申请日：1993-02-01

申请人： Harold J. Hamilton ,  Timothy W. Martin

发明人： Harold J. Hamilton ,  Timothy W. Martin

IPC分类号： G11B5/48

CPC分类号： G11B5/4853 ,  G11B5/4813 ,  G11B5/4826

摘要： A low-mass head/flexure/conductor assembly for reading and writing information with respect to a rigid magnetic recording disk. The assembly includes a read/write transducer unit, an elongate flexure, and gimbal structure interconnecting and articulating the transducer unit and the flexure for selected, limited relative roll and pitch, without relative yaw. Conductive ribbons that form part of the gimbal structure also form part of the conductive circuit provided in the assembly. The assembly has an effective mass of no more than about 1.5-milligrams. Plural, hardened, wear-resistant feet are formed on the transducer unit for enabling sliding contact with the recording surface in a disk. The flexure may be formed of various materials, including both ceramic and nonceramic materials, and may carry applied damping material in order to control certain resonance and servo-performance characteristics.

摘要翻译： 用于读取和写入相对于刚性磁记录盘的信息的低质量头/挠曲/导体组件。 该组件包括读/写换能器单元，细长挠曲件和万向节结构，用于选择的，有限的相对滚动和俯仰相互连接并铰接换能器单元和挠曲件，而没有相对偏航。 形成万向架结构的一部分的导电带也构成了组件中提供的导电电路的一部分。 该组件的有效质量不超过约1.5毫克。 在换能器单元上形成有多个硬化的耐磨脚，用于与盘中的记录表面滑动接触。 挠曲可以由包括陶瓷和非陶瓷材料的各种材料形成，并且可以承载施加的阻尼材料，以便控制某些共振和伺服性能特性。

公开(公告)号：US5476131A

公开(公告)日：1995-12-19

申请号：US989170

申请日：1992-12-10

申请人： Harold J. Hamilton ,  Timothy W. Martin

发明人： Harold J. Hamilton ,  Timothy W. Martin

IPC分类号： G11B5/105

CPC分类号： G11B5/105

摘要： A unitary micro-flexure structure and a method of making the same, wherein the structure takes the form of an elongate dielectric flexure body having a mounting end and a free end, and which is adapted for cantilevered disposition, wherein the body takes a form which is constructed entirely from thin-film deposition and patterning processes involving the deposition of a metal oxide, and further wherein the body has a topography which is at least partially determined by etch-removable surface-boundary-defining structure.

摘要翻译： 一体的微弯曲结构及其制造方法，其中该结构采取具有安装端和自由端的细长电介质挠曲体的形式，并且其适用于悬臂配置，其中本体采用以下形式： 完全由涉及金属氧化物沉积的薄膜沉积和图案化工艺构成，并且其中该主体具有至少部分地由蚀刻可移除的表面边界限定结构确定的形貌。

公开(公告)号：US5163218A

公开(公告)日：1992-11-17

申请号：US710891

申请日：1991-06-11

申请人： Harold J. Hamilton

发明人： Harold J. Hamilton

IPC分类号： G11B5/31 ,  G11B5/48

CPC分类号： G11B5/3103 ,  G11B5/484 ,  Y10T29/49021 ,  Y10T29/49041 ,  Y10T29/49043 ,  Y10T29/49064

摘要： An integrated head/flexure/conductor structure for the reading and writing of information with respect to a relatively moving medium, such as a disk or drum, and a method for manufacturing the same. The proposed structure takes the form of a micro-dimension, elongate dielectric flexure body, and embedded within such body both magnetic read/write pole structure, and electrical coil and conductor structure operatively associated with the pole structure. The flexure body and the embedded constituents are formed on an atom-by-atom basis utilizing one or more conventional material-deposition processes. The method [proposed by the invention] includes orthogonal-plane processing steps that facilitate formation of the magnetic pole structure in a way enhancing dimensional control. In addition, the method [of the invention] involves steps utilizing etchable wall-like stripes, and a commonly etchable base layer, which together define three sides of the structure of the invention during formation thereof, etching of which stripes and layer greatly facilitates separation and release of finally completed units as free individuals.