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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. 29, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jay M Kimmal, Fremont, CA (US);
Victor Dunn, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Maxtor Corporation, Longmont, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360103 ;
Abstract
A method of texturing the slider surface of a magnetic head, or the surface of a disk, with a laser. The laser is focused onto the hard disk drive component and a groove is ablated from the working surface. The steps of focusing and ablating can be repeated to create a pattern of grooves in the head and/or disk. The grooves are defined by a wall(s) that is perpendicular to a bottom surface of the groove.