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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2023
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Yanning Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Biao Sun, Fremont, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing hard disk drives (HDDs) includes assembling a first HDD including a first slider having a first air bearing surface (ABS) configuration, configuring the first HDD to rotate its disk media at a first revolutions-per-minute (RPM), and sealing the first HDD with a first internal pressure level. Continuing, the method includes assembling a second HDD including a second head slider having the same first ABS configuration, configuring the second HDD to rotate its disk media at a second RPM that is lower than the first RPM, and sealing the second HDD with a second internal pressure level that is higher than the first pressure level. Thus, in the context of using a common slider among different RPM drives, a higher internal pressure for the lower RPM drive can compensate for loss in fly height that might otherwise occur due to the lower operational RPM.