Melting and refreezing method for smoothing and load/unloading lift tab for disk drive smoothed lift tab and gimbal assembly and data storage device incorporating smoothed lift tab
Номер патента: MY117217A
Опубликовано: 31-05-2004
Автор(ы): Gurinder Pal Singh, Mike Suk, Thomas Robert Albrecht, William Joseph Kozlovsky
Принадлежит: Hitachi Global Storage Tech Nl
Опубликовано: 31-05-2004
Автор(ы): Gurinder Pal Singh, Mike Suk, Thomas Robert Albrecht, William Joseph Kozlovsky
Принадлежит: Hitachi Global Storage Tech Nl
Реферат: A LIFT TAB FOR A LOAD/UNLOAD TYPE OF DATA STORAGE HARD DRIVE AND A METHOD OF SMOOTHING THE LIFT TAB. THE METHOD INCLUDES THE STEP OF STRIKING THE LIFT TAB WITH SHORT DURATION (E.G. 10-500 NANOSECOND) ENERGY PULSES TO MELT A THIN SURFACE LAYER OF THE LIFT TAB. THE MELTED LAYER FLOWS UNDER SURFACE TENSION FORCES, SMOOTHING OUT BUMPS AND SCRATCHES. THE MELTED LAYER QUICKLY REFREEZES, FORMING AN EXCEPTIONALLY SMOOTH MELTED AND REFROZEN SPOT. PREFERABLY, THE MELTED AND REFROZEN SPOT IS 0.2-10 MICRONS DEEP. MORE PREFERABLY, THE MELTED AND REFROZEN SPOT IS IN THE RANGE OF 1.0 TO 3.0 MICRONS THICK. THE LIFT TAB CAN HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF MELTED AND REFROZEN SPOTS. THE SIZE OF THE MELTED AND REFROZEN SPOTS IS PRACTICALLY LIMITED BY POWER AVAILABLE FROM ENERGY SOURCES SUCH AS LASERS. PREFERABLY, THE MELTED AND REFROZEN SPOTS ARE AT LEAST SEVERAL TENS OF MICRONS IN DIAMETER. THE PRESENT INVENTION INCLUDES LIFT TABS HAVING MELTED AND REFROZEN SPOTS. ALSO, THE PRESENT INVENTION INCLUDES HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLIES AND HARD DRIVES HAVING LIFT TABS WITH MELTED AND REFROZEN SPOTS. FIGURE 3
Load/unload lift tab for disk drive
Номер патента: EP1171874A1. Автор: Thomas Robert Albrecht,Mike Suk,William Joseph Kozlovsky,Gurinder Pal Singh. Владелец: IBM United Kingdom Ltd. Дата публикации: 2002-01-16.