Inventor
CHANG CIUTER
US18 patents
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READ RITE CORP
12 patentsUS6339518B1Jan 15, 2002
Air bearing slider with shaped taper
READ RITE CORP40 citations96
US6178064B1Jan 23, 2001
Air bearing slider with shaped taper
READ RITE CORP50 citations96
US6147838ANov 14, 2000
Air bearing slider with shaped taper
READ RITE CORP40 citations96
US5606476AFeb 25, 1997
Altitude insensitive air bearing slider
READ RITE CORP24 citations92
US5359480AOct 25, 1994
Magnetic head air bearing slider
READ RITE CORP37 citations92
US6229672B1May 8, 2001
High gram load air bearing geometry for a tripad slider
READ RITE CORP50 citations90
US5754367AMay 19, 1998
Air bearing slider having etched and shaped leading edge taper
READ RITE CORP23 citations90
US5568981AOct 29, 1996
Negative pressure air bearing slider
READ RITE CORP29 citations90
US5685645ANov 11, 1997
Roll balance sub-ambient pressure air bearing slider
READ RITE CORP11 citations74
US5889637AMar 30, 1999
Air bearing magnetic head slider
READ RITE CORP10 citations73
US5889634AMar 30, 1999
Reduced-altitude-sensitive subambient pressure air bearing slider
READ RITE CORP10 citations73
US5704715AJan 6, 1998
Altitude insensitive air bearing slider
READ RITE CORP15 citations73
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
4 patentsUS7019945B1Mar 28, 2006
Air bearing slider including pressurized side pads with forward and trailing shallow etched surfaces
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC56 citations93
US6912103B1Jun 28, 2005
Method of operating a disk drive with a slider at loading and unloading fly heights greater than an operational fly height
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC41 citations92
US6937439B1Aug 30, 2005
Slider having a textured air bearing surface, head stack assembly and disk drive using same
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC39 citations91
US6690545B1Feb 10, 2004
Air bearing slider including a depressed region extending from a main support structure between a pressurized pad support base and a contact pad support base
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC47 citations88