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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:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard A Strom, Eagan, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360103 ; 360104 ; 2960312 ; 2989813 ; 21912169 ;
Abstract
A method of controlling curvature of a disc head slider having a slider body with a bearing surface and a back surface, which is opposite to the bearing surface. The method includes melting and then cooling the back surface to add tensile stress to the back surface which induces curvature of the bearing surface.