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Lubricant film for a thin-film disk

US5049410A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 1, 1989
Grant dateSep 17, 1991
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Expiry dateNov 1, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/7257
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A lubricant film for a thin-film disk is disclosed. The lubricant film comprises a monolayer of fixed lubricant bonded to the surface of the thin-film disk and a mobile lubricant in contact with the layer of fixed lubricant. The monolayer of lubricant film is applied to the thin-film in a method comprising applying a lubricant composition to the surface of a thin-film disk, then heating the thin-film disk at a sufficient temperature for a sufficient time to bond or fix a portion of the lubricant composition to the disk; to evaporate a portion of the lubricant composition from the surface of the disk; and to dispose a portion of the lubricant composition as a mobile lubricant in contact with the fixed lubricant.

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