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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:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
May. 08, 2000
Applicants:
Ellis T. Cha, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhu Feng, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ellis T. Cha, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhu Feng, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd., Shatin, N.T., HK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An improved slider design with stiction reduction pads is presented along with a method of making the same. In one embodiment, the bases for the stiction reduction pads are made first during an etching process for the air bearing surfaces, then the stiction reduction pads are made higher so as to prevent unwanted contacted between the air bearing surface and the disc as well as reducing meniscal forces that can be caused by a lubricant on the disc.