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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. 26, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
James M. Murphy, Boulder, CO (US);
Joshua C. Harrison, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/82 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/82 ;
Abstract
A disc drive is disclosed that includes textured features on the disc surface and a slider. The slider texture can include one or more features oriented in a first direction, and the disc can include one or more features oriented in a second direction. The first and second directions are selected such that the second direction includes a component that is perpendicular to the first direction. The orientation of the features facilitates the provision of matrix of contact points between the slider and the disc surface.