Friction control on HGA ramp load/unload surface
    1.
    发明授权
    Friction control on HGA ramp load/unload surface 失效
    HGA斜坡加载/卸载表面的摩擦控制

    公开(公告)号:US06278584B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-08-21

    申请号:US09078949

    申请日:1998-05-14

    IPC分类号: G11B2122

    CPC分类号: G11B21/22 G11B5/54

    摘要: A disk drive system includes a base, a disk rotably attached to the base, and an actuator assembly movably attached to the base. The actuator assembly moves the transducer to selected areas of the disk where information reprexentative of data is to be written or read. The actuator assembly maintains the transducer in a transducing relationship with the disk. The actuator assembly also parks the transducer or unloads the transducer to a park position. A portion of the actuator assembly rides over a ramp to a park position. The ramp includes a mechanism for increasing the coefficient of friction on the surface of the ramp. The coefficient of friction on the surface of the ramp is increased to help retain the actuator in its parked position. This helps maintain the actuator assembly in a parked position in the event of shock loading from dropping a computer or a disk drive. This in turn helps prevent head crashes or failure of the disk drive and possible data loss.

    摘要翻译: 磁盘驱动器系统包括基座,可旋转地附接到基座的盘,以及可移动地附接到基座的致动器组件。 致动器组件将换能器移动到盘的选择区域,其中要写入或读取代表数据的信息。 致动器组件将换能器保持与盘的换能关系。 执行机构组件也停放换能器或将换能器卸载到停放位置。 致动器组件的一部分在斜坡上行驶到停放位置。 斜坡包括用于增加斜坡表面上的摩擦系数的机构。 斜坡表面上的摩擦系数增加以帮助将致动器保持在其停放位置。 这有助于在从计算机或磁盘驱动器掉落的冲击加载中将执行器组件保持在停放位置。 这反过来有助于防止磁盘驱动器头部崩溃或故障以及可能的数据丢失。

    Reader for a low-flying magnetoresistive sensor
    2.
    发明授权
    Reader for a low-flying magnetoresistive sensor 有权
    用于低飞行磁阻传感器的读卡器

    公开(公告)号:US06239954B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-05-29

    申请号:US09180222

    申请日:1998-11-02

    IPC分类号: G11B539

    摘要: A reader portion (150) of a magnetoresistive head is disclosed. The reader portion (150) includes a magnetoresistive read element (156) for reading information from a magnetic media (216) and a non-magnetic element (153) to detect and cancel thermal changes in the read head. A spacer (155) is positioned between the magnetoresistive read element (156) and the non-magnetic element (153). A plurality of electrical contacts (166, 167, 168) connect the magnetoresistive read element (156) and the non-magnetic element (153) to external circuitry.

    摘要翻译: 公开了磁阻头的读取器部分(150)。 读取器部分(150)包括用于从磁性介质(216)和非磁性元件(153)读取信息的磁阻读取元件(156),以检测和消除读取头中的热变化。 间隔物(155)位于磁阻读取元件(156)和非磁性元件(153)之间。 多个电触点(166,167,168)将磁阻读取元件(156)和非磁性元件(153)连接到外部电路。

    Adjustment feature for load/unload alignment ramp assembly
    3.
    发明授权
    Adjustment feature for load/unload alignment ramp assembly 失效
    加载/卸载对齐斜坡组件的调整功能

    公开(公告)号:US6067208A

    公开(公告)日:2000-05-23

    申请号:US78857

    申请日:1998-05-14

    IPC分类号: G11B5/48 G11B5/54

    CPC分类号: G11B5/4826 G11B5/54

    摘要: A disk drive system includes a base, a disk stack rotatably attached to the base, and an actuator assembly movably attached to the base. A ramp assembly includes a set of ramps for loading and unloading the transducing elements to and from the disks in the disk stack. The ramp assembly is attached to the base. The ramp assembly has a series of fixed ramps which are either formed as one integral unit or formed of separate portions. The actuator assembly includes a set of arms. Attached to each arm is a suspension. Attached near the free end of each of the suspensions is a transducer. Also attached to the suspension is a load tang. The load tang rides over the surface of the ramp when the transducers are loaded to or unloaded from a disk surface. The load tang includes a plastically deformable portion which may be irreversibly deformed during assembly of the drive and more particularly, deformed when all of the heads are unloaded from the disk to the ramp assembly for the first time. The deformable portion would allow for z-height adjustment and attitude adjustment of the arm necessary to adjust for stack up tolerances of the various components of the disk drive. The load tang could be finely adjusted and properly mated with the ramp as installed in the disk drive. The deformable region of the load tang could be a formed feature in the body of the tang, or a plastically deformable material within the body of the load tang. Still another embodiment includes a thermoset polymer to be attached along a portion of the load tang. After plastic deformation and adjustment to allow the actuator arm to properly mate with the ramp structure, the thermoset polymer can be heated to allowed to cool while engaged to permanently set the adjustment between the load tangs and the ramps of the ramp assembly.

    摘要翻译: 磁盘驱动器系统包括基座,可旋转地附接到基座的磁盘组,以及可移动地附接到基座的致动器组件。 斜坡组件包括用于将换能元件装载到盘堆中的盘和从盘排出的一组斜面。 斜坡组件连接到基座。 斜坡组件具有一系列固定斜坡,其形成为一个整体单元或由分开的部分形成。 致动器组件包括一组臂。 附在每个手臂是暂停。 每个悬架的自由端附近都有传感器。 还挂在悬架上的是一个负载柄。 当传感器被装载到或从盘表面卸载时,负载踩在斜面的表面上。 负载脚包括塑性变形部分,其在组装驱动期间可能不可逆地变形,更具体地,当所有头部首次从盘卸载到斜坡组件时变形。 可变形部分将允许调整用于盘驱动器的各种部件的叠加公差所必需的臂的z高度调整和姿态调节。 负载端可以精细调整,并与安装在磁盘驱动器中的斜坡适当配合。 负载脚的可变形区域可以是柄的主体中的形成的特征,或者负载体的体内的可塑性变形的材料。 另一个实施方案包括沿负载端部的一部分附着的热固性聚合物。 在塑性变形和调节之后,致动器臂能够与斜面结构适当配合,热固性聚合物可被加热以允许冷却,同时接合,从而永久地设定斜面组件的负载脚和斜面之间的调整。

    Disc drive head slider with recessed landing pads
    4.
    发明授权
    Disc drive head slider with recessed landing pads 失效
    碟形驱动头滑块带有凹陷的着陆垫

    公开(公告)号:US06687088B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-02-03

    申请号:US09100698

    申请日:1998-06-19

    IPC分类号: G11B2121

    CPC分类号: G11B5/6005 G11B21/21

    摘要: A slider body configuration, or slider, for carrying a data transducer in cooperative relationship with a rotating data storage disc. The slider includes a plurality of landing pads which serve to minimize the contact area between the slider and the discs when the heads are parked in contact with the discs, and the landing pads project from surfaces which are farther removed from the disc surface than the air bearing surfaces, thus minimizing the size and strength of any liquid miniscus formed between the slider and the disc when the slider and disc are in contact. By recessing the bases of the landing pads from the air bearing surfaces, the effect of the landing pads on the separation between the data transducer and the discs is minimized.

    摘要翻译: 用于承载与旋转数据存储盘协调关系的数据传感器的滑块体构型或滑块。 滑块包括多个着陆垫,其用于在头部停放与盘接触时最小化滑块和盘之间的接触面积,并且着陆垫从与盘表面比空气更远的表面突出 从而使滑块和盘接触时在滑块和盘之间形成的任何液体min液的尺寸和强度最小化。 通过将着陆垫的基部从空气轴承表面凹陷,着陆垫对数据传感器和盘之间的分离的影响被最小化。

    Increased mechanical spacing through localized continuous carbon overcoat
    5.
    发明授权
    Increased mechanical spacing through localized continuous carbon overcoat 有权
    通过局部连续碳涂层增加机械间距

    公开(公告)号:US06359754B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-03-19

    申请号:US09329429

    申请日:1999-06-10

    IPC分类号: G11B571

    摘要: An air bearing slider for a disc drive has an overcoat localized on the air bearing surface to provide a continuous covering over a leading portion of the air bearing surface. The overcoat terminates in a trailing cut-off line, and a trailing portion of the air bearing surface is not covered by overcoat. The overcoat also covers the pole tips of the transducer at a pole tip recession from the air bearing surface. The leading portion covered by the overcoat includes all of the air bearing surface that contacts the disc during contact/start/stop, which is protected by a uniform continuous overcoat layer. The trailing cut-off line is disposed at an angle to expose the trailing corners of the air bearing surface, such that all of the overcoat is elevated above the lowermost portion of the air bearing surface through pitch and roll angles of flying at inner and outer radii. Methods of applying the localized overcoat include subtractive and additive photolithographic deposition processes. The overcoat over the pole tips protects the pole tips during subsequent processing steps of forming the slider cavity.

    摘要翻译: 用于盘驱动器的空气轴承滑块具有定位在空气轴承表面上的外涂层,以在空气轴承表面的引导部分上提供连续的覆盖物。 外罩终止于拖尾切割线,空气支承表面的后部不被外涂层覆盖。 外罩还在空气轴承表面的极尖凹陷处覆盖换能器的极尖。 由外涂层覆盖的引导部分包括在接触/起动/停止期间接触盘的所有空气轴承表面,其被均匀的连续外涂层保护。 尾部切断线设置成一定角度以暴露空气支承表面的后角,使得所有的外涂层通过在内部和外部飞行的俯仰角和滚动角度而升高到空气轴承表面的最下部分之上 半径 施加局部外涂层的方法包括减色和附加光刻沉积工艺。 在形成滑块空腔的后续处理步骤中,极尖上的外涂保护极尖。

    Head suspension mounting system with positive orthogonal alignment features
    7.
    发明授权
    Head suspension mounting system with positive orthogonal alignment features 有权
    头悬挂安装系统具有正正交对准功能

    公开(公告)号:US06493186B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-12-10

    申请号:US09544725

    申请日:2000-04-06

    IPC分类号: G11B550

    CPC分类号: G11B5/4826

    摘要: A mounting system attaches head suspensions to actuator head mounting arms of a disc drive actuator. The mounting system includes head suspension mounting plates and features on both the head suspension mounting plates and on the actuator head mounting arms that facilitate snap-fitting or press-fitting of the mating components, as well as features that ensure both accurate alignment and maintenance of the position of the mounted head suspensions in and about the major orthogonal axes.

    摘要翻译: 安装系统将磁头悬架安装到磁盘驱动器致动器的致动器头安装臂上。 安装系统包括头悬挂安装板和头部悬挂安装板和执行器头安装臂上的特征,其有助于匹配部件的卡扣配合或压配合,以及确保精确对准和维护的特征 安装的头悬架位于主要正交轴中和周围的位置。