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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
May. 01, 2001
Thomas P. Feist, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Wit C. Bushko, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Herbert S. Cole, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
John E. Davis, Westfield, MA (US);
Thomas B. Gorczyca, Schenectady, NY (US);
Joseph T. Woods, Chicopee, MA (US);
General Electric Company, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods for forming data storage media and the media formed thereby are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method for forming a data storage media, comprises: injection molding a substrate comprising surface features, wherein said surface features have greater than about 90% of a surface feature replication of an original master; and disposing a data layer over at least one surface of said substrate; wherein said data storage media has an axial displacement peak of less than about 500&mgr; under shock or vibration excitation.