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US 7,599,213 B2Granted
Low surface energy coatings in probe recording
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsPaul Max Jones, Earl Chrzaszcz Johns, James Dillon Kiely, Lei Li, Yiao-Tee Hsia
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a storage media having a surface coated with a lubricant, and a plurality of probes having tips contacting the lubricant, wherein the probes are coated with one of a fluorocarbon, perfluoropolyether, polytetrafluoroethylene, fluorinated ethylene propylene, polyethylene, or a hydrocarbon polymer.
Claims19
An apparatus comprising:
- a storage media having a surface coated with a lubricant;
- and
- a plurality of probes having tips contacting the storage media and the lubricant, wherein sides of the probes are coated with one of a fluorocarbon, perfluoropolyether, polytetrafluoroethylene, fluorinated ethylene propylene, polyethylene, or a hydrocarbon polymer, and the tips of the probes are uncoated.
An apparatus comprising:
- a storage media having a surface coated with a lubricant;
- and
- a plurality of probes having tips contacting the lubricant, wherein the probes are coated with a self-assembled monolayer, wherein the self-assembled monolayer comprises an n-trichlorosilane, with n being a number in the range of 8 to 30.
An apparatus comprising:
- a storage media having a surface coated with a lubricant;
- and
- a plurality of probes having tips contacting the storage media and the lubricant, wherein sides of the probes are coated with a low surface energy coating, and the tips of the probes are uncoated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.