Integrated magnetic read/write head/flexure/conductor structure
AssigneeCenstor Corp.
InventorHarold J. Hamilton
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Abstract
An integrated head/flexure/conductor structure for the reading and writing of information with respect to a relatively moving medium, such as a disk or drum, and a method for manufacturing the same. The proposed structure takes the form of a micro-dimension, elongate, dielectric flexure body, and embedded within such body both magnetic read/write pole structure, and electrical coil and conductor structure operatively associated with the pole structure. The flexure body and the embedded constituents are formed on an atom-by-atom basis utilizing one or more conventional material-deposition processes.
Claims14
An integrated, unitary read/write head/flexure/conductor structure for the reading and writing of information with respect to a relatively moving medium, such as a disk or drum, said structure comprising
- an elongate dielectric flexure body, and
- embedded within said body, a magnetic read/write head including pole means, and electrical coil and conductor means operatively associated with said pole means,
- said structure having a mass less than about 1.5-milligrams.
The read/write structure of claim 6 which has an overall length in the range of about 0.2- to about 0.5-inches, an overall width in the range of about 4- to about 20-mils, and a thickness in the range of about 15- to about 65-microns.
An integrated, unitary read/write/head/flexure/conductor structure for the reading and writing of information in sliding contact with a relatively moving recording medium, such as a disk or drum, said structure comprising
- an elongate dielectric flexure body, and
- embedded within said body, a magnetic read/write head including pole means, and electrical coil and conductor means operatively associated with said pole means,
- said structure having a mass less than about 1.5-milligrams.
An integrated, unitary read/write head/flexure/conductor structure for the reading and writing of information with respect to a relatively moving medium, such as a disk or drum, said structure comprising
- plural elongate dielectric flexure bodies independently flexible relative to one another and joined to a common support base, and
- embedded within each said body, a magnetic read/write head including pole means, and electrical coil and conductor means operatively associated with said pole means,
- each said body and associated embedded elements having a combined mass less than about 1.5-milligrams.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.