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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dan Goor, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignee:
Goor Associates, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 75 ; 360103 ; 360109 ; 369 4411 ;
Abstract
Improved apparatus and a method are disclosed for controlling the flying height of a head over a rotating medium, such as used in a rigid disk drive employing magnetic, magneto-optic or optical recording techniques. The flying height is controlled via magnetic attraction or repulsion to maintain a selected and substantially uniform flying height of the head with respect to the rotating medium.