Method and apparatus for utilizing an off-center gimbal to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems
US7345850B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 11, 2005 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/6005
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method for utilizing an off-center gimbal to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems. The method provides a suspension for reaching over a disk. A slider having a read/write head element on a trailing edge (TE) portion is also provided, the slider coupled with the suspension. In addition, an off-center gimbal device is coupled with the slider and the suspension away from the center of the slider and closer to the TE portion of the slider such that when the TE portion of the slider contacts a disk a bouncing motion of the TE with respect to the disk is reduced.
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