Inventor
PAYNE ROBERT N
US14 patents
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9 patentsUS7583473B2Sep 1, 2009
Air bearing with both low altitude and speed sensitivities
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH19 citations92
US7218478B2May 15, 2007
Disk drive with negative-pitch slider having protrusion pad contacting the disk when the disk is rotating at operating speed
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH21 citations91
US7495856B2Feb 24, 2009
Disk drive slider design for thermal fly-height control and burnishing-on-demand
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH13 citations84
US6914752B2Jul 5, 2005
Magnetic recording disk drive with continuous contact air-bearing slider
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH10 citations73
US6751063B2Jun 15, 2004
Air-bearing sliders having leading read/write head and flying with negative pitch
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH8 citations73
US7171845B2Feb 6, 2007
Apparatus for measurement of friction force at the interface of a slider and rotating disk
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH8 citations72
US6967818B2Nov 22, 2005
Disk drive head with radially spaced read and write elements on respective protrusion pads
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH6 citations62
US7164557B2Jan 16, 2007
Apparatus for burnishing small asperities and cleaning loose particles from magnetic recording media
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH2 citations60
US6965498B2Nov 15, 2005
Air-bearing sliders having leading read/write head and flying with negative pitch
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH0 citations51