WO2001088906A3 - Reverse flow disk drive and head suspension for same - Google Patents

Reverse flow disk drive and head suspension for same Download PDF

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WO2001088906A3
WO2001088906A3 PCT/US2001/015731 US0115731W WO0188906A3 WO 2001088906 A3 WO2001088906 A3 WO 2001088906A3 US 0115731 W US0115731 W US 0115731W WO 0188906 A3 WO0188906 A3 WO 0188906A3
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head suspension
disk drive
reverse flow
proximal end
region
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Michael W Davis
Wade A Linnertz
Raymond R Wolter
Robert B Evans
Todd A Krinke
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Hutchinson Technology
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/48—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed
    • G11B5/58—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following
    • G11B5/60—Fluid-dynamic spacing of heads from record-carriers
    • G11B5/6005—Specially adapted for spacing from a rotating disc using a fluid cushion
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/48—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed
    • G11B5/4806—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed specially adapted for disk drive assemblies, e.g. assembly prior to operation, hard or flexible disk drives
    • G11B5/4826—Mounting, aligning or attachment of the transducer head relative to the arm assembly, e.g. slider holding members, gimbals, adhesive

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  • Supporting Of Heads In Record-Carrier Devices (AREA)
  • Moving Of The Head To Find And Align With The Track (AREA)

Abstract

A head suspension for a reverse flow disk drive. The head suspension includes a load beam having a mounting region at a proximal end, a rigid region at a distal end and a spring region between the mounting region and the rigid region. A flexure is mounted on the distal end of the rigid region. A slider is mounted on the flexure. The slider has a proximal end closest to the proximal end of the load beam. One or more read/write heads located on the proximal end of the slider. The head suspension can include one or more of an airflow attenuator, micro-actuators, and/or an inverted gimbal.
PCT/US2001/015731 2000-05-18 2001-05-15 Reverse flow disk drive and head suspension for same WO2001088906A2 (en)

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US20534400P 2000-05-18 2000-05-18
US60/205,344 2000-05-18
US21778900P 2000-07-12 2000-07-12
US60/217,789 2000-07-12
US22175800P 2000-07-31 2000-07-31
US60/221,758 2000-07-31

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US6804087B2 (en) 2002-05-28 2004-10-12 Seagate Technology Llc Head suspension assembly having an air deflector
US7345840B2 (en) 2004-05-26 2008-03-18 Seagate Technology Llc Light delivery technique for heat assisted magnetic recording head
US8339905B2 (en) 2005-04-13 2012-12-25 Seagate Technology Llc Alignment features for heat assisted magnetic recording transducers

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US4821130A (en) * 1987-09-04 1989-04-11 Digital Equipment Corporation Disk extender baffles
US4879618A (en) * 1985-12-23 1989-11-07 Hitachi, Ltd. Wind breaking assembly for a magnetic head
US5557488A (en) * 1991-10-28 1996-09-17 Censtor Corp. Gimbaled micro-head/flexure/conductor assembly and system

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US4879618A (en) * 1985-12-23 1989-11-07 Hitachi, Ltd. Wind breaking assembly for a magnetic head
US4821130A (en) * 1987-09-04 1989-04-11 Digital Equipment Corporation Disk extender baffles
US5557488A (en) * 1991-10-28 1996-09-17 Censtor Corp. Gimbaled micro-head/flexure/conductor assembly and system

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