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Patent No.:

US 7023664 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2002
Applicants:

Robert Michael Crone, Faribault, MN (US);

Gordon James Smith, Rochester, MN (US);

Wing Tsang Tang, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Robert Michael Crone, Faribault, MN (US);

Gordon James Smith, Rochester, MN (US);

Wing Tsang Tang, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/21 (2006.01); G11B 17/32 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A slider for a disk drive has an air bearing surface that opposes a rotatable disk of recordable media. The air bearing surface includes one or more interior cavities to reduce van der Waals and electrostatic forces that attract the slider to the disk.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Crone, Robert. (2006). Air bearing designs to reduce external van der waals and electrostatic forces (U.S. Patent No. 7023664). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7023664

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