公开(公告)号：US5872686A

公开(公告)日：1999-02-16

申请号：US940711

申请日：1997-09-30

申请人： Lee K. Dorius ,  Donald R. Gillis ,  Mike Suk

发明人： Lee K. Dorius ,  Donald R. Gillis ,  Mike Suk

IPC分类号： G11B5/54 ,  G11B5/60 ,  G11B19/04

CPC分类号： G11B5/6005 ,  G11B19/04

摘要： A magnetic storage system having an air bearing slider designed to minimize disk damage. The magnetic storage system may include a load/unload structure for loading or unloading the slider when the spindle motor is powered down. The air bearing slider includes an air bearing surface and at least one non-air bearing surface. For example, the non-air bearing surface may include a first etch surface and/or a second etch surface. The non-air bearing surface has at least one rounded corner. The non-air bearing surface may also have at least one rounded edge.

摘要翻译： 一种磁存储系统，具有设计用于最小化磁盘损坏的空气轴承滑块。 磁存储系统可以包括用于在主轴电机断电时加载或卸载滑块的装载/卸载结构。 空气轴承滑块包括空气轴承表面和至少一个非空气支承表面。 例如，非空气承载表面可以包括第一蚀刻表面和/或第二蚀刻表面。 非空气轴承表面具有至少一个圆角。 非空气承载表面也可以具有至少一个圆形边缘。

公开(公告)号：US6069769A

公开(公告)日：2000-05-30

申请号：US941790

申请日：1997-09-30

申请人： Lee K. Dorius ,  Donald R. Gillis ,  Mike Suk

发明人： Lee K. Dorius ,  Donald R. Gillis ,  Mike Suk

IPC分类号： G11B5/60 ,  G11B15/64

CPC分类号： G11B5/6005

摘要： A slider having an air bearing configuration designed to minimize damage to the disk surface. The air bearing slider includes an air bearing surface and at least one non-air bearing surface. For example, the non-air bearing surface may include a first etch surface and/or a second etch surface. The non-air bearing surface has at least one rounded corner. The non-air bearing surface may also have at least one rounded edge.

摘要翻译： 具有空气轴承配置的滑块，其设计成使对盘表面的损坏最小化。 空气轴承滑块包括空气轴承表面和至少一个非空气支承表面。 例如，非空气承载表面可以包括第一蚀刻表面和/或第二蚀刻表面。 非空气轴承表面具有至少一个圆角。 非空气承载表面也可以具有至少一个圆形边缘。

公开(公告)号：US08014106B2

公开(公告)日：2011-09-06

申请号：US11077651

申请日：2005-03-11

申请人： Walton Fong ,  Donald R. Gillis ,  Remmelt Pit ,  Mike Suk

发明人： Walton Fong ,  Donald R. Gillis ,  Remmelt Pit ,  Mike Suk

IPC分类号： G11B5/48

CPC分类号： G11B5/4826 ,  G11B5/40 ,  G11B5/6005

摘要： An apparatus and method for modifying a slider to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems. The method provides a suspension for reaching over a disk. A slider having a read/write head element on a trailing edge (TE) portion is also provided, the slider coupled with the suspension. In addition, an increased dynamic pitch of the slider is provided, the increased dynamic pitch increasing the height of a leading edge (LE) portion of the slider with respect to the disk and reducing the height of the TE portion of the slider with respect to the disk, wherein vertical motion of the TE portion does not collapse an air bearing provided by the LE of the slider flying above the disk.

摘要翻译： 一种用于修改滑块以提高接触记录系统的磁头与磁盘接口可靠性的装置和方法。 该方法提供了一个到达磁盘的悬架。 还提供了在后缘（TE）部分上具有读/写头元件的滑块，该滑块与该悬架联接。 此外，提供了滑块的增加的动态间距，增加的动态间距增加了滑块相对于盘的前缘（LE）部分的高度，并且相对于滑块减小了滑块的TE部分的高度 所述盘，其中所述TE部分的垂直运动不会使在所述盘上方滑动的滑块的LE所提供的空气轴承折叠。

公开(公告)号：US08014105B2

公开(公告)日：2011-09-06

申请号：US11077879

申请日：2005-03-11

申请人： Walton Fong ,  Donald R. Gillis ,  Remmelt Pit ,  Mike Suk

发明人： Walton Fong ,  Donald R. Gillis ,  Remmelt Pit ,  Mike Suk

IPC分类号： G11B5/60

CPC分类号： G11B5/6005 ,  G11B5/40 ,  G11B5/6082

摘要： An apparatus and method for modifying the air bearing force of the trailing edge of a slider to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems. The method provides a suspension for reaching over a disk. A slider having a read/write head element on a trailing edge (TE) portion is also provided, the slider coupled with the suspension. In addition, a shaped TE which minimizes the air bearing force at the TE portion of the slider, to minimize the normal load and friction during contact to reduce slider bounce.

摘要翻译： 一种用于改变滑块的后缘的空气支承力以增加接触记录系统的磁头与磁盘接口可靠性的装置和方法。 该方法提供了一个到达磁盘的悬架。 还提供了在后缘（TE）部分上具有读/写头元件的滑块，该滑块与该悬架联接。 另外，成形的TE使滑块的TE部分处的空气轴承力最小化，以使接触期间的正常负载和摩擦力最小化，以减少滑块反弹。

公开(公告)号：US06934101B2

公开(公告)日：2005-08-23

申请号：US10607599

申请日：2003-06-27

申请人： Walton Fong ,  Donald R. Gillis ,  Remmelt Pit ,  Kris Schouterden ,  Mike Suk

发明人： Walton Fong ,  Donald R. Gillis ,  Remmelt Pit ,  Kris Schouterden ,  Mike Suk

IPC分类号： G11B5/00 ,  G11B5/10 ,  G11B5/105 ,  G11B5/187 ,  G11B5/31 ,  G11B5/39 ,  G11B5/48 ,  G11B5/60 ,  G11B5/82 ,  G11B27/36

CPC分类号： G11B5/3169 ,  G11B5/102 ,  G11B5/105 ,  G11B5/1871 ,  G11B5/3116 ,  G11B5/3166 ,  G11B5/3967 ,  G11B5/4886 ,  G11B5/6005 ,  G11B5/82 ,  G11B2005/001 ,  G11B2005/0016

摘要： A method for burnishing a slider in a disk drive in which the disk is rotated in the opposite or reverse direction from that used to develop the air-bearing and to read and write data is described. Rotating the disk in the reverse direction results in no air-bearing being formed and the slider being in contact with the disk surface. The burnishing removes material over the magnetic transducers in the slider which separate the transducers from the disk resulting in greater sensitivity. Optionally the stopping point for burnishing can be determined by monitoring measurable parameters such as the change in the MR resistance (MRR), i.e., ΔMRR/MRR until a selected range is achieved. The invention can be used to remove an overcoat from the air-bearing surface of the slider, remove protruding areas from the slider and to remove debris from the disk surface.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种在盘驱动器中抛光滑块的方法，其中盘沿与用于显影空气轴承的方向相反或相反的方向旋转并且读取和写入数据。 沿相反方向旋转盘片不会形成空气轴承，并且滑块与盘表面接触。 抛光去除滑块上的磁换能器上的材料，其将换能器与盘分离，导致更大的灵敏度。 可选地，抛光的停止点可以通过监测可测量的参数来确定，例如MR阻抗（MRR）的变化，即DeltaMRR / MRR，直到达到所选择的范围。 本发明可用于从滑块的空气轴承表面去除外涂层，从滑块移除突出区域并从盘表面去除碎屑。

公开(公告)号：US07345850B2

公开(公告)日：2008-03-18

申请号：US11078101

申请日：2005-03-11

申请人： Walton Fong ,  Donald R. Gillis ,  Remmelt Pit ,  Mike Suk

发明人： Walton Fong ,  Donald R. Gillis ,  Remmelt Pit ,  Mike Suk

IPC分类号： G11B5/58

CPC分类号： G11B5/4826 ,  G11B5/40 ,  G11B5/6005

摘要： An apparatus and method for utilizing an off-center gimbal to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems. The method provides a suspension for reaching over a disk. A slider having a read/write head element on a trailing edge (TE) portion is also provided, the slider coupled with the suspension. In addition, an off-center gimbal device is coupled with the slider and the suspension away from the center of the slider and closer to the TE portion of the slider such that when the TE portion of the slider contacts a disk a bouncing motion of the TE with respect to the disk is reduced.

摘要翻译： 一种用于利用偏心万向节来提高接触记录系统的磁头与磁盘接口可靠性的装置和方法。 该方法提供了一个到达磁盘的悬架。 还提供了在后缘（TE）部分上具有读/写头元件的滑块，该滑块与该悬架联接。 此外，偏心万向架装置与滑块和悬架联接，远离滑动件的中心并且更靠近滑动件的TE部分，使得当滑块的TE部分接触盘时，弹跳运动 TE相对于磁盘减少。

公开(公告)号：US07492539B2

公开(公告)日：2009-02-17

申请号：US10813562

申请日：2004-03-30

申请人： Walton Fong ,  Donald R. Gillis ,  Vedantham Raman ,  Kris Schouterden ,  Mike Suk

发明人： Walton Fong ,  Donald R. Gillis ,  Vedantham Raman ,  Kris Schouterden ,  Mike Suk

IPC分类号： G11B27/36 ,  G11B21/02

CPC分类号： G11B5/102 ,  G11B5/3166

摘要： A method for controlling a burnish cycle to minimize cycle time is disclosed. MR sensor resistance measurements are used to monitor interference with the recording surface and when clearance is not detected, steps are taken to fine tune the interference signal.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种控制抛光循环以最小化循环时间的方法。 MR传感器电阻测量用于监测与记录表面的干扰，并且当没有检测到间隙时，采取步骤来微调干扰信号。

公开(公告)号：US06937419B2

公开(公告)日：2005-08-30

申请号：US10385097

申请日：2003-03-10

申请人： Mike Suk ,  Donald R. Gillis

发明人： Mike Suk ,  Donald R. Gillis

IPC分类号： G11B5/738 ,  G11B5/54 ,  G11B5/60 ,  G11B20/10 ,  G11B20/12 ,  G11B20/18 ,  G11B21/10 ,  G11B21/12 ,  G11B21/21 ,  G11B21/22 ,  G11B21/02

CPC分类号： G11B21/12 ,  G11B5/54 ,  G11B21/22

摘要： A hard disk drive utilizes hard disks that recover the historically unused read/write space or real estate located in the load/unload zone. Approximately one-half of the load/unload zone is recovered and available for reading and writing operations by forming a first or radially outermost read/write track beginning immediately adjacent to the inner radial edge of the load/unload zone and proceeding radially inward from there to the conventional location of first tracks in the prior art. In another version of the invention, almost the entire load/unload zone is recovered and available for reading and writing operations by aligning the first track with the center of the load/unload zone and proceeding radially inward from there as described above. Both of these versions make significant additional surface area on the disk available where, in the prior art, no data was stored, thereby increasing the efficiency and storage capacity of the hard disk drive.

摘要翻译： 硬盘驱动器使用恢复历史上未使用的读/写空间或位于加载/卸载区域中的不动产的硬盘。 大约一半的装载/卸载区域被恢复并且可用于读取和写入操作，通过形成第一或径向最外面的读/写轨迹，该第一或径向最外面的读取/写入轨迹紧邻加载/卸载区域的内部径向边缘并且从该位置向内径向向内 到现有技术中的第一轨道的常规位置。 在本发明的另一个版本中，如上所述，通过将第一轨道与负载/卸载区域的中心对准并从其径向向内延伸，几乎整个加载/卸载区域被恢复并且可用于读取和写入操作。 这两个版本都在磁盘上显着增加了表面积，在现有技术中，没有存储数据，从而提高了硬盘驱动器的效率和存储容量。

公开(公告)号：US06680811B2

公开(公告)日：2004-01-20

申请号：US09973296

申请日：2001-10-09

申请人： Donald R. Gillis ,  Mike Suk

发明人： Donald R. Gillis ,  Mike Suk

IPC分类号： G11B2102

CPC分类号： G11B5/6005 ,  G11B5/54 ,  G11B21/12 ,  G11B21/21 ,  G11B21/22

摘要： A disk drive utilizes a slider that is designed to fly very high or well above the surface of the disk when loading onto the disk and until a reading or writing operation requires the head to go to a relatively low-flying position with respect to the disk. Thus, the slider has two or more altitudes at which it flies depending on the operating conditions of the disk drive. The different altitudes of the slider are achieved by adjusting three primary variables: the rotational speed of the disk, selecting the radial position of the slider/actuator arm, and by the gram load. Other factors that may be used to tune this performance include pitch static attitude, pitch stiffness, and air bearing surface design.

摘要翻译： 磁盘驱动器使用的滑块被设计成在加载到磁盘上时非常高或高于磁盘表面的滑块，并且直到读取或写入操作需要磁头相对于磁盘的相对低的飞行位置 。 因此，滑块具有取决于盘驱动器的操作条件而飞行的两个或更多个高度。 滑块的不同高度通过调整三个主要变量：盘的旋转速度，选择滑块/致动器臂的径向位置以及克负载来实现。 可用于调整性​​能的其他因素包括俯仰静态，俯仰刚度和空气轴承表面设计。

公开(公告)号：US07364307B2

公开(公告)日：2008-04-29

申请号：US10931532

申请日：2004-08-31

申请人： Norbert A. Feliss ,  Donald R. Gillis ,  Mike Suk

发明人： Norbert A. Feliss ,  Donald R. Gillis ,  Mike Suk

IPC分类号： G03B21/00 ,  G03B21/18

CPC分类号： H04N9/3141 ,  G03B21/16 ,  H04N5/74

摘要： A method and system for a beam projector having data manipulation capabilities. The beam projector includes a central processing unit integral with the beam projector, a memory portion coupled with the central processing unit and a signal-receiving portion coupled with the central processing unit. The signal-receiving portion for receiving data and providing the data to the central processing unit such that the central processing unit of the beam projector organizes the data into a viewable presentation without requiring input from a secondary computing device.

摘要翻译： 一种具有数据处理能力的射束投影仪的方法和系统。 光束投影仪包括与投影仪一体的中央处理单元，与中央处理单元耦合的存储器部分和与中央处理单元耦合的信号接收部分。 信号接收部分，用于接收数据并将数据提供给中央处理单元，使得光束投影仪的中央处理单元将数据组织成可视显示，而不需要来自辅助计算设备的输入。