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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2012
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Raymond Leroy Moudry, Bloomington, MN (US);
Joel William Hoehn, Hudson, WI (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 37/16 (2012.01); B24B 37/26 (2012.01); B24D 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 37/16 (2013.01); B24B 37/26 (2013.01); B24D 18/0009 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of forming a patterned lapping plate by providing a working tool having a pattern comprising a plurality of raised teeth, each of the raised teeth having a base, at least one side wall, and a terminal end, and patterning the lapping plate with the tool to provide a working surface having an inverse pattern of the tool surface in the working surface of the lapping plate, the patterning process plastically deforming the working surface of the lapping plate.