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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:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2002
Applicants:
Niraj Mahadev, Fremont, CA (US);
Manuel A. Hernandez, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Niraj Mahadev, Fremont, CA (US);
Manuel A. Hernandez, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd., Hong Kong, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B001/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method are described for processing a slider (e.g., one to be used in a disk drive apparatus). Corners of the sliders are abraded while still a part of a row of sliders in a part-off operation. By abrading the corners of the sliders, head slap events between the slider and the recording media result in less damage to the recording media and less particulate matter from the slider being left on the recording media, improving data integrity for the recording media.