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Data zone lube removal

US7914845B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 25, 2008
Grant dateMar 29, 2011
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Expiry dateDec 12, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/8408
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of manufacturing for providing closer head-to-media spacing, and the resulting disk, includes evenly lubricating a magnetic media disk, increasing the viscosity of a selected non-data zone region of the disk, and removing at least a portion of the lower viscosity region of the lubrication layer in a data zone region of the disk, thereby decreasing the thickness of the lubrication layer in the data zone portion of the lower viscosity region, producing a magnetic media disk capable of closer head-to-media spacing in the data zone portion of the lower viscosity region of the lubrication layer than in the non-data zone portion.

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