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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shinsuke Akiya, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/02 (2006.01); G11B 27/36 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01); G11B 5/596 (2006.01); G11B 20/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/6076 (2013.01); G11B 5/59638 (2013.01); G11B 20/1252 (2013.01); G11B 2020/1281 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a head flying height control method includes detecting a contact of a head with a disk while floating the head from the disk and moving the head in a radial direction of the disk, increasing a flying height of the head after detecting the contact of the head with the disk, and decreasing the flying height of the head after a state where the contact of the head with the disk is not detected continues.