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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2003
Applicants:
Walton Fong, San Jose, CA (US);
Donald Ray Gillis, San Jose, CA (US);
Remmelt Pit, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mike Suk, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Walton Fong, San Jose, CA (US);
Donald Ray Gillis, San Jose, CA (US);
Remmelt Pit, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mike Suk, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/127 (2006.01); H04R 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for creating a disk drive. A slider is installed in a disk drive having at least one unlubricated disk. The slider is designed to be in initial contact. The slider is burnished to the final design point. A vapor phase lubricant reservoir system is installed in the drive either before or after the burnishing step.