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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2002
Rainer Klaus Krause, Kostheim, DE;
Markus Schmidt, Seibersbach, DE;
Stefan Seifried, Nidderau, DE;
Wolfgang Egert, Bodenheim, DE;
Eva Urlaub, Hochheim, DE;
Ashok Lahiri, Mainz, DE;
Rainer Klaus Krause, Kostheim, DE;
Markus Schmidt, Seibersbach, DE;
Stefan Seifried, Nidderau, DE;
Wolfgang Egert, Bodenheim, DE;
Eva Urlaub, Hochheim, DE;
Ashok Lahiri, Mainz, DE;
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A method of constructing an air bearing on a single slider used as a support for a magnetic recording head is described. A recessed surface of the air bearing is constructed by: applying a polymerization initiator (preferably azomonochlorsilane), forming a pattern in the initiator, forming a polymer brush, and ion milling. The application of the polymerization initiator may be from solution or by stamping.