Leak detection system of hard disk drives with lubricant reservoir
    1.
    发明授权
    Leak detection system of hard disk drives with lubricant reservoir 失效
    具有润滑油箱的硬盘驱动器泄漏检测系统

    公开(公告)号:US06958876B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-10-25

    申请号:US09916854

    申请日:2001-07-27

    IPC分类号: G11B25/04 G11B33/14 G11B15/18

    CPC分类号: G11B33/148 G11B25/043

    摘要: A method for detecting leakage from a disk drive enclosure includes providing a lubricating composition having a lubricating material and a tag material therein. The tag material has a volatility characteristic that is amenable to analysis. The method includes measuring a concentration of the tag material in the vapor phase. By measuring a concentration of the tag material, a leak rate of the lubricating material can be determined. The lubricating composition may include a perfluoropolyether lubricating material and a halogenated sulfur tag material such as SF6 and/or S2F10.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于检测来自盘驱动器外壳的泄漏的方法,包括提供其中具有润滑材料和标签材料的润滑组合物。 标签材料具有易于分析的挥发性特征。 该方法包括测量气相中标签材料的浓度。 通过测量标签材料的浓度,可以确定润滑材料的泄漏率。 润滑组合物可以包括全氟聚醚润滑材料和卤化硫标签材料,例如SF 6和/或S 2 F 10。

    Device and method for monitoring lubricant within a disk drive
    2.
    发明授权
    Device and method for monitoring lubricant within a disk drive 失效
    用于监控磁盘驱动器内的润滑剂的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06678113B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-01-13

    申请号:US09812017

    申请日:2001-03-19

    IPC分类号: G11B3314

    CPC分类号: G11B19/20 G11B19/04

    摘要: A device for monitoring lubricant within a disk drive includes a reservoir packet impregnated with lubricant. The reservoir packet is disposed between a first metal screen and a second metal screen such that a lubricant reservoir transducer is created. The capacitance of the lubricant reservoir packet is monitored and when it falls below a predetermined percentage of the initial capacitance, a user is warned to back up the files contained in the disk drive before failure due to lack of lubricant occurs.

    摘要翻译: 用于监测盘驱动器内的润滑剂的装置包括浸渍有润滑剂的贮存器包。 贮存器包被设置在第一金属筛网和第二金属筛网之间,从而形成润滑剂储存器换能器。 监测润滑剂贮存器包的电容,当其下降到初始电容的预定百分比以下时,由于缺少润滑剂而在故障之前警告用户备份包含在盘驱动器中的文件。

    Seal for bearings in small angle oscillation applications
    3.
    发明授权
    Seal for bearings in small angle oscillation applications 失效
    小角度振动应用中的轴承密封

    公开(公告)号:US5416657A

    公开(公告)日:1995-05-16

    申请号:US922290

    申请日:1992-07-30

    摘要: A bearing seal assembly for an oscillating actuator, comprises an outer bearing raceway, an inner bearing raceway mounted concentric with the outer raceway, and an annular deformable liquid impermeable membrane having an axial length of not more than one tenth the radius thereof, an inner peripheral edge sealingly secured to the inner bearing raceway, and an outer peripheral edge sealingly secured to the outer raceway for enabling limited relative rotation between the inner raceway and the outer raceway with minimum axial distortion of said membrane. In one embodiment, the membrane is stretched to eliminate surface distortion under torsional stress. Another embodiment illustrates waves molded into the membrane for reducing torsional forces.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于摆动致动器的轴承密封组件,包括外部轴承滚道,与外部滚道同心的内部轴承滚道,以及具有不超过其半径的十分之一的轴向长度的环形可变形液体不可渗透膜, 密封地固定到内部轴承滚道的边缘,以及密封地固定到外部滚道上的外周边缘,以使得能够以最小的所述隔膜的轴向变形来限制内滚道和外滚道之间的相对旋转。 在一个实施例中,拉伸膜以消除扭转应力下的表面变形。 另一个实施例示出了模制到膜中以减少扭转力的波浪。

    Spacer ring reservoir for magnetic recording disk lubricant
    4.
    发明授权
    Spacer ring reservoir for magnetic recording disk lubricant 失效
    磁记录盘润滑剂的隔圈环

    公开(公告)号:US5381284A

    公开(公告)日:1995-01-10

    申请号:US261654

    申请日:1994-06-17

    摘要: A lubricant reservoir system for a magnetic disk near contact data storage device, which rotates in unison with the disk assembly to replace lubricant depleted from the disk surface over the life of the device, includes reservoir chambers in disk spacers with lubricant metering provided by restricted passages or textured surfaces extending radially outward from the reservoir chamber while replacement air passages extend radially inward to replace dispensed lubricant. The metered lubricant is delivered to the disk surface at a location where the surface confronting the disk is made compliant with the disk surface and the adjoining surface is beveled to form an angle of more than 90 degrees with the disk surface thereby preventing migration of lubricant away from the disk. Nonwettable surfaces may be used in metering passages, air passages, and on some beveled surfaces to further control lubricant metering. In operation, the high G forces induced by rotation cause lubricant to be metered to the disk while the same small metering passages function as a barrier when the disk assembly is not rotating.

    摘要翻译: 在接触数据存储装置附近的用于磁盘的润滑剂储存器系统,其与盘组件一致地旋转以替代在装置寿命期间从盘表面消耗的润滑剂,其中包括具有润滑剂计量的储存腔,其中润滑剂计量由限制通道 或纹理表面从储存室径向向外延伸,而替换空气通道径向向内延伸以代替分配的润滑剂。 计量润滑剂被输送到磁盘表面,在该位置处,盘对面的表面与磁盘表面一致,并且邻接表面被倒角以形成与磁盘表面大于90度的角度,从而防止润滑剂迁移 从磁盘。 不可润湿的表面可用于计量通道,空气通道和某些斜面上,以进一步控制润滑剂计量。 在操作中,由旋转引起的高G力导致润滑剂计量到盘上,而当盘组件不旋转时,相同的小计量通道用作障碍物。

    Method and apparatus for cleaning disks
    5.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for cleaning disks 失效
    清洁磁盘的方法和设备

    公开(公告)号:US5351156A

    公开(公告)日:1994-09-27

    申请号:US857354

    申请日:1992-03-25

    摘要: The back edge of a disk drive slider is used to remove debris from disk media by slowly sweeping it from the inner diameter of the disk to the outer diameter of the disk while the disk is rotating backwards from normal. The sweeping operation is completed while the disks are still gaining rotational speed so that liftoff velocity is not achieved. Material accumulated on the back edge of the slider is either dumped at the outer diameter of the disk, or remains on the back edge of the slider as normal operation is commenced.

    摘要翻译: 磁盘驱动器滑块的后边缘用于通过从盘的内径缓慢地从盘的内径将其从盘介质中去除,同时盘从正常的方向向后旋转以去除盘的外径。 当磁盘仍然获得转速时,清扫操作完成,从而不能实现提升速度。 积存在滑块的后边缘上的材料或者倾倒在盘的外径处,或者在正常操作开始时保留在滑块的后边缘。

    Magnetic slider design for precision wear-in

    公开(公告)号:US5623383A

    公开(公告)日:1997-04-22

    申请号:US269869

    申请日:1994-06-30

    IPC分类号: G11B5/60

    CPC分类号: G11B5/6005

    摘要: Method, with structure, of production of precision head/disk interfaces for near contact recording in a low viscosity liquid lubricant film. Triangular shaped bearing pads in an assembled hard drive are brought to bear upon a rotating lubricated disk to dislodge, smooth and polish any residing asperity. The triangular shape of the bearing pads sweeps away and directs to the outer edge of the disk any of the remaining fine carbon sputtering debris which is loosened as the bearing pads are drawn from the inner dimension to the outer dimension of the disk.

    Integral lubricating fluid delivery system for a flying head in a
magnetic disk storage system
    9.
    发明授权
    Integral lubricating fluid delivery system for a flying head in a magnetic disk storage system 失效
    用于磁盘存储系统中飞头的整体润滑液输送系统

    公开(公告)号:US5396383A

    公开(公告)日:1995-03-07

    申请号:US997098

    申请日:1992-12-29

    摘要: An integrated head-suspension-wick system having lubrication, including a bearing area at one end that holds a magnetic transducer against the disk. The invention provides wicking grooves in the integrated head-suspension-wick arm. The grooves are shaped to cause capillary forces to pull the lubricant from the supply wick on the arm, along the suspension of the bearing area. This ensures that the disk area under the head will not go dry regardless of storage duration or conditions. When the disk is running, the wick continues to conduct lubricant to the disk surface.

    摘要翻译: 一种具有润滑的集成头悬挂灯芯系统,包括在一端具有将磁换能器保持在盘上的轴承区域。 本发明在集成的头悬挂芯臂中提供了芯吸槽。 凹槽被成形为使得毛细管力沿着轴承区域的悬架将润滑剂从臂上的供油芯拉出。 这可以确保头部下方的磁盘区域不会干燥,无论存储时间或条件如何。 当磁盘运行时,灯芯继续将润滑剂导向磁盘表面。

    Direct access storage device with vapor phase lubricant system and a
magnetic disk having a protective layer and immobile physically bonded
lubricant layer
    10.
    发明授权
    Direct access storage device with vapor phase lubricant system and a magnetic disk having a protective layer and immobile physically bonded lubricant layer 失效
    具有气相润滑系统的直接存取装置和具有保护层和不固定物理粘合润滑剂层的磁盘

    公开(公告)号:US5331487A

    公开(公告)日:1994-07-19

    申请号:US822005

    申请日:1992-01-16

    摘要: A thin film magnetic recording disk that has a layer of lubricant bonded thereto is enclosed within a vapor phase lubricant system that operates to continuously apply lubricant vapors to the disk's bonded lubricant layer by operation of Langmuir kinetics. Lubricant vapors are selectively adsorbed on the disk, including regions of the disk where the bonded lubricant is either too thin or is entirely absent, thus minimizing failures that might be caused by such imperfections in the bonded lubricant layer. A reactive perfluoropolyether (PFPE) lubricant containing chemically active functional groups is substantially bonded onto the recording surface of the disk, for example by the application of heat. The mobile residue of this bonded lubricant layer may be left on the disk, to thereafter function as a non-bonded, mobile, lubricant layer covering the surface of the bonded lubricant layer. Alternately, the lubricant residue may be substantially removed by use of a solvent or other means, and a nonreactive lubricant, such as a nonreactive PFPE, may thereafter be topically applied onto the surface of the bonded lubricant layer, to function as a non-bonded, mobile, lubricant layer. A lubricant reservoir within the vapor phase lubricant system provides a supply of a volatile organic lubricant, such as stearic acid or reactive or a nonreactive PFPE. Lubricant vapors from this reservoir operate so as to continuously repair voids or thin areas in the disk's simplex layer of substantially bonded lubricant, or in the disk's duplex layer of bonded and mobile lubricant. Either one, two or three lubricants could be used in this tribological system.

    摘要翻译: 具有粘结了润滑剂层的薄膜磁记录盘被封闭在气相润滑系统中,该气相润滑系统通过Langmuir动力学的操作连续地将润滑剂蒸汽施加到盘的粘结润滑剂层上。 润滑剂蒸气被选择性地吸附在盘上,包括盘的区域,其中粘结的润滑剂太薄或完全不存在,从而最小化由粘合润滑剂层中的这种缺陷引起的故障。 含有化学活性官能团的反应性全氟聚醚(PFPE)润滑剂基本上例如通过加热而结合到盘的记录表面上。 该粘合润滑剂层的移动残留物可以留在盘上,此后作为覆盖粘合润滑剂层的表面的非结合的可移动的润滑剂层起作用。 或者,可以通过使用溶剂或其它方法基本上除去润滑剂残留物,然后将非反应性润滑剂(例如非反应性PFPE)局部施加到粘合的润滑剂层的表面上,起到非键合的作用 ,移动,润滑层。 气相润滑剂系统内的润滑剂储存器提供挥发性有机润滑剂,例如硬脂酸或反应性或非反应性PFPE。 来自该容器的润滑剂蒸汽操作,以便连续地修复盘的基本粘合的润滑剂的单层中的空隙或薄区域,或者在盘的粘合和移动润滑剂的双层中。 在这种摩擦学系统中可以使用一种,两种或三种润滑剂。