Slider having air bearing surface which includes pads for disk storage system Patent uri icon

abstract

  • A disc storage system includes a rotating disc and a transducer. The transducer is carried on a slider which is supported by an armature. The armature is used to move the slider radially across the disc surface whereby information may be read from or written to the disc surface of the transducer. The slider includes an air bearing surface which faces the disc surface. As the disc rotates, the air bearing surface causes the slider to fly over the disc surface. Pads are provided on the air bearing surface to improve operational characteristics of the system.

author list (cited authors)

  • Gui, J., Marchon, B. J., Burbank, D. P., Hoehn, J. W., Berkowitz, J. K., Sundaram, R., ... Tang, H.

complete list of authors

  • Gui, J||Marchon, BJ||Burbank, DP||Hoehn, JW||Berkowitz, JK||Sundaram, R||Brand, JL||Nagarajan, S||Meyer, DW||Segar, PR||Polycarpou, AA||Boutaghou, Z-E||Egbert, DE||Wobbe, DG||Hipwell, M Cynthia||Tang, H

publication date

  • April 2001