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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2003
Applicant:
Henry S. Nishihira, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Henry S. Nishihira, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Komag, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A disk drive having a magnetic recording disk with a safe zone is described. A surface texture of the safe zone induces the head to fly at a greater height than while over data zones of the disk.