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7391594 Apparatus for providing an additional ground pad and electrical connection for grounding a magnetic recording head  
Apparatus are presented for electrically coupling a slider to ground. In one embodiment, a bonding pad is provided on a side of the slider body separate from the bonding pad(s) used for read/write...
7375913 Suspension having magnetic head assembly mounted thereon and magnetic recording disk drive using the suspension  
A suspension having a magnetic head assembly 1 mounted thereon is provided, wherein the magnetic head assembly comprises: a write head 1 - 2 ; a read head 1 - 1 ; and a resistive heating...
7369364 Interconnect for dissipating electrostatic charges on a head slider  
An interconnect that may reduce a head slider's exposure to electrostatic discharge events and may dissipate charging of the head is provided. Conductive and nonconductive adhesives are used to...
7362544 Thin film magnetic head slider, magnetic head support mechanism, magnetic disk drive, and method of manufacturing magnetic head  
A thermal flying height adjustment slider capable of being mounted on a small-sized thin film magnetic head slider is provided wherein terminals of an energizer serving as a heater prevent...
7359149 Composite type thin-film magnetic head with reduced capacitance between leads for read and write head elements  
A composite type thin-film magnetic head is provided, which comprises: a write head element; a pair of terminal pads for the write head element; a pair of lead conductors for the write head...
7343667 Methods of making a side-by-side read/write head with a self-aligned trailing shield structure  
A side-by-side read/write head includes a self-aligned trailing shield, where a rear edge of the trailing shield is defined by the same lithography/etching process used to define a rear edge of a...
7340823 Methods for forming head suspension assemblies  
Embodiments include a method for forming a head suspension assembly. A spacer layer is formed in or on a silicon wafer. A transfer film including an opening defining the shape of a slider support...
7313855 Method of forming a head suspension with an integral boss tower  
A method of making a multi-piece head suspension for a rigid disk drive. The method includes providing a first layer including a mounting region with an integral boss tower attached to a stiffener...
7299536 Method for an improved magnetic head arm assembly  
A system and method for an improved magnetic head arm assembly (HAA), reducing complexity of design and difficulty of manufacture, is disclosed.
7293347 Manufacturing method of head arm assembly  
A manufacturing method of an HAA includes a step of fixing a first lead conductor member onto a suspension, a step of attaching a second lead conductor member to at least one actuator arm, a step...
7286325 Method and apparatus for connecting metal structures on opposing sides of a circuit  
According to an embodiment of the present invention, an improved method and system are provided. In one embodiment, a conductive connection is made between two metal layers separated by an...
7260886 Fastening a magnetic disk to a hub structure  
Embodiments of the invention provide a clamping mechanism capable of clamping a magnetic disk by an accurate fastening force. In one embodiment, a magnetic disk fastening method includes the steps...
7257880 Method for assembling an actuator head suspension  
Embodiments of the invention provide a method for easily and reliably neutralizing charge in an assembly process for an actuator head suspension assembly used in a magnetic disk device. In one...
7239484 Mounting method of magnetic head component, magnetic head device and manufacturing method of magnetic head device utilizing solder balls with nonmelting cores  
A magnetic head slider or a precise positioning actuator is electrically and mechanically connected to a suspension, by performing molten-solder connections using solder balls with cores that will...
7219413 Adjusting system and method for head slider mounting regions on head suspensions  
A method for adjusting static attitude of a head suspension is provided that includes providing an adjustment pin and adjusting the static attitude of a supported head suspension by contacting the...
7207097 Method for making an actuator assembly for supporting a read/write device in an information storage device  
An actuator assembly for supporting a read/write device in an information storage device having an actuator arm having at least one tower protruding from a first surface of the actuator arm, a...
7185416 Method of manufacturing a slider for a thin-film magnetic head  
A slider comprises a slider section and a reproducing head section. The slider section has a first medium facing surface, an air inflow end, and a recording head. The reproducing head section has a...
7161765 Write/read head supporting mechanism, and write/read system  
An object of the invention is to provide a write/read head supporting mechanism for a magnetic disk system or optical disk system having a microactuator for effecting a micro-displacement of a...
7154708 Thermal protrusion reduction in magnet heads by utilizing a heat-spreading pad  
A magnetic read/write head and slider assembly and method for forming said magnetic read/write head and slider assembly, wherein said assembly has improved heat spreading and dissipation properties...
7128255 Magnetic head, and device and method for manufacturing the same  
The present invention provides a magnetic head construction, a connection method and a connecting device by which excellent electrical connection can be carried out between a core electrode and a...
7127799 Head gimbal assembly method  
The present invention provides a method for assembling a head gimbal assembly useful in a hard disk drive and for testing such an assembly. In a method in accord with the present invention a...
7113369 Head slider, head gimbal assembly, and hard disk drive  
In the head slider of the present invention, recording and reproducing electrode pads and heater electrode pads are attached to the same surface of an overcoat layer. The heater electrode pads are...
7102856 Head slider and manufacturing method thereof  
The head slider in accordance with the present invention comprises a thin-film magnetic head including a magnetoresistive device and an electromagnetic transducer, and a heater adapted to generate...
7102855 Microelectronic device with closely spaced contact studs  
A microelectronic device includes a transducer. An overcoat layer is disposed on a transducer surface. A plurality of electrical contact pads are disposed on the overcoat layer. First and second...
7099117 Head stack assembly including a trace suspension assembly backing layer and a ground trace for grounding a slider  
A head stack assembly includes a flex cable assembly. The head stack assembly further includes an actuator arm and a load beam coupled to the actuator arm. The head stack assembly further includes...
7095594 Active read/write head circuit with interface circuit  
A method and apparatus for collocating an interface circuit with a disk drive read/write head is described. In one embodiment the interface circuit is attached to the load arm on one side and the...
7092212 Method for fabricating a thin film magnetic head and wafer structure  
Leading wires of an electrical circuit and a thin film magnetic head assembly are electrically connected with a conductive film. The leading wires are connected to an element pad and a circuit pad,...
7089649 Method of estimating a thermal pole tip protrusion for a head gimbal assembly  
Thermal pole tip protrusion is caused by materials in and around head slider expanding during write operations till they protrude, leading to contact with the rotating disk surface, altering the...
7088543 Suspension having magnetic head assembly mounted thereon and magnetic recording disk drive using the suspension  
A suspension having a magnetic head assembly 1 mounted thereon is provided, wherein the magnetic head assembly comprises: a write head 1 - 2; a read head 1 - 1; and a resistive heating...
7064928 Method and apparatus for providing an additional ground pad and electrical connection for grounding a magnetic recording head  
Method and apparatus are presented for electrically coupling a slider to ground. In one embodiment, a bonding pad is provided on a side of the slider body separate from the bonding pad(s) used for...
7051424 Method and apparatus for electrically and physically coupling a micro-actuator and slider to a hard drive arm suspension for component replacement after detachment from the suspension  
A system and method are disclosed for coupling a replacement micro-actuator to a drive arm suspension after a micro-actuator, such as a defective micro-actuator, has been detached from the suspension.
7050266 Write/read head supporting mechanism and write/read system having a flexible grounding member  
An object of the invention is to provide a write/read head supporting mechanism for a magnetic disk system or optical disk system having a microactuator for effecting a micro-displacement of a...
7027264 Slider with a slider ground pad electrically connected to write head poles and read head shields  
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a slider for a disk drive. The slider includes a slider body including a slider body outer surface. The slider further includes an...
7006330 Head stack assembly including a ground conductive pad for grounding a slider to a gimbal  
A head stack assembly includes an actuator including an actuator arm, a load beam coupled to the actuator arm, and a gimbal coupled to the load beam. The gimbal is formed of an electrically...
7002779 Thermal pole-tip recession/slide shape variation reduction  
A bond pad is elevated from a slider body by a conductive post. The bond pad is disposed atop the post, which typically possesses a cross-sectional area smaller than the surface are of the bond...
6985332 Head gimbal assembly with flex circuit arrangement between slider and head interconnect assembly  
A slider scale package assembly in a head gimbal assembly (HGA) for electrically coupling a slider/magnetic recording (MR) head to a head interconnect circuit in a disc drive includes a flex...
6972930 ESD-protected slider and head gimbal assembly  
A Head Gimbal Assembly (HGA) for use in a disk drive and comprising an ESD-protected slider comprising a head formed on a slider substrate. The slider may comprise an electrical-isolation circuit;...
6950288 Integrated method and device for a dual stage micro-actuator and suspension design for the hard disk driver  
A system and method using a connection plate to electrically couple a magnetic read/write head to a printed circuit assembly. The connection plate has a set of contact pads to control reads and a...
6943991 Suspension design for the co-located PZT micro-actuator  
A micro-actuator that reduces suspension tongue stiffness and a method of manufacturing the micro-actuator are disclosed. In one embodiment, the micro-actuator has a base piece with two arms...
6940697 Interconnection scheme for head arms of disk drive actuator  
The invention includes at least one head arm providing head electrical interconnection as essentially parallel traces on at least one face of the head arm using the metallic body of the head arm as...
6937438 Thin film magnetic head having conductive pad including insulating protective layers  
A thin film magnetic head is provided that includes bumps capable of securing high conductivity. The thin film magnetic head includes a coil layer for inducing a recording magnetic field between...
6928721 Method of manufacturing a magnetic read/write head and slider assembly  
A method of fabricating a magnetic read/write head and slider assembly, wherein the assembly has improved heat spreading and dissipation properties and the read/write head exhibits significantly...
6927946 Micro-actuator integrated lead suspension head terminations  
A technique for electrically interconnecting a disk drive suspension assembly and a micro-actuator mounting a transducer-carrying slider. A first set of termination pads is provided on a generally...
6920014 Magnetic head comprising slider and flexure bonded with conductive resin  
A magnetic head includes a slider having a recording and/or reproducing thin film element, and a flexure having an elastically deformable tongue piece, the slider and the flexure being bonded...
6892442 Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head  
The invention allows a thin-film magnetic head that meets specifications required by the customer to be provided in a short period of time and manufacturing costs to be reduced. A slider includes a...
6874677 Bonding pad of suspension circuit  
A new type of suspension circuit electrical bonding pad for electrically and mechanically connecting the magnetic recording head is described. The new type of bonding pad will serve as the joint...
6851177 Manufacturing method of head arm assembly  
A manufacturing method of an HAA includes a step of fixing a first lead conductor member onto a suspension, a step of attaching a second lead conductor member to at least one actuator arm, a step...
6839202 Electromagnetic wave shielded write and read wires on a support for a magnetic media drive  
An assembly includes a suspension, a magnetic head assembly, first and second write wires and first and second read wires wherein the magnetic head assembly includes a write head and a read head...
6833978 Micro-actuator integrated lead suspension head terminations  
A technique for electrically interconnecting a disk drive suspension assembly and a micro-actuator mounting a transducer-carrying slider. A first set of termination pads is provided on a generally...
6829818 Manufacturing method of a head gimbal assembly  
A magnetic head slider with at least one thin-film magnetic head element on a suspension is mounted. This mounting includes electrically connecting the magnetic head slider with the suspension with...
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