Issued Patents 2002
Showing 1–25 of 29 patents
| Patent # | Title | Co-Inventors | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6501606 | Fly height control for a read/write head over patterned media | Anthony P. Sannino, Derek A. Lewis | 2002-12-31 |
| 6501242 | Reduced noise electric motor for disk drive data storage devices | Kevin J. Erickson | 2002-12-31 |
| 6499881 | Hydrodynamic bearings and boundary lubricated system with DLC bumps | Peter Segar | 2002-12-31 |
| 6496326 | Noise and vibration reduction in computer disk drives | — | 2002-12-17 |
| 6493186 | Head suspension mounting system with positive orthogonal alignment features | Peter Segar | 2002-12-10 |
| 6493192 | Disc drive with improved head pitch adjustment | Peter Crane, Markus Mangold | 2002-12-10 |
| 6490135 | Disc drive assembly having side rail-channeled air bearing for ramp load-unload applications | Anthony P. Sannino, Michael D. Mundt, Jason W. Riddering, Mary Cynthia Hipwell | 2002-12-03 |
| 6490134 | Patterned and directional selective roughening of a slider air-bearing surface | — | 2002-12-03 |
| 6483668 | Edge contact protection feature for a disc drive head | Mary Cynthia Hipwell, Andreas A. Polycarpou | 2002-11-19 |
| 6480353 | Fixed disc drive cartridge and playback device | Alexei H. Sacks | 2002-11-12 |
| 6466410 | Slider for a data storage device with head disc interface for contact starts and stops (“CSS”) | Andreas A. Polycarpou, Jorge V. Hanchi, Peter Segar, David G. Wobbe, Mary Cynthia Hipwell | 2002-10-15 |
| 6462909 | Disc head slider having wear-resistant pads for enhanced damping | Anthony P. Sannino, Jorge Vicente Hanchi | 2002-10-08 |
| 6459547 | Slider with pads and textured landing zone for disc storage system | Jason W. Riddering, Jing Gui, Huan Tang, Mukund Rao, James E. Angelo +2 more | 2002-10-01 |
| 6459260 | Head suspension assembly for testing a slider | Wayne A. Bonin, Roger L. Hipwell, Jr., Michael Bowers | 2002-10-01 |
| 6452752 | Slider for disc storage system | — | 2002-09-17 |
| 6445541 | High suction air bearing with pressure release | Dallas W. Meyer | 2002-09-03 |
| 6445543 | Slider with pressure relief trenches | Jing Gui, Bruno Marchon, Huan Tang | 2002-09-03 |
| 6441999 | Wear durability using high wear-resistant slip pads | Huan Tang, Jing Gui, Jason W. Riddering, Kevin J. Grannen | 2002-08-27 |
| 6414823 | Coil-structures for magnetic microactuator | Peter Crane, Wayne A. Bonin | 2002-07-02 |
| 6392842 | Enhanced durability ultra-low-flying-height sliders | Jorge Vicente Hanchi, Andreas A. Polycarpou, Thomas Roy Pitchford, Anthony P. Sannino | 2002-05-21 |
| 6387778 | Breakable tethers for microelectromechanical system devices utilizing reactive ion etching lag | Wayne A. Bonin, Roger L. Hipwell, Jr., Barry D. Wissman, Lee Walter, Barbara J. Ihlow-Mahrer | 2002-05-14 |
| 6381098 | Laser textured transducing head slider | Mark J. Schaenzer | 2002-04-30 |
| 6377422 | Disc head with contact protection feature | He Huang, Merle E. Thowe | 2002-04-23 |
| 6366429 | Patterned and directional selective roughening of a slider air-bearing surface | Lance E. Stover, Maher Abdullah Alodan, Daniel Paul Burbank, Dale Egbert | 2002-04-02 |
| 6359758 | Rigid body microactuator having elastic joint attachment | — | 2002-03-19 |