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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2006
Assembly, apparatus and method for fabricating a structural element of a hard disk drive air bearing
Peter Dang, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric W. Flint, San Jose, CA (US);
Cherngye Hwang, San Jose, CA (US);
Yongjian Sun, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter Dang, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric W. Flint, San Jose, CA (US);
Cherngye Hwang, San Jose, CA (US);
Yongjian Sun, San Jose, CA (US);
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
An assembly, apparatus and method for fabricating a structural element of a hard disk drive air bearing. The method and apparatus provide an improved protective layer, an improved structural element consisting of a single layer of structural material, and a method consisting of applying the improved protective layer, applying a uniform layer of structural material, applying a resist layer, etching the structural material layer, and removing the resist layer.