Patents by Inventor Toru Kuroe

Toru Kuroe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5846628
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a substrate for a magnetic disc comprising a glass substrate having fine protrusions on its surface, the protrusions having a height of 50 to 1000 .ANG., a width of 0.01 to 1 .mu.m, a density of 10 to 1000 per 100 .mu.m.sup.2 and an area ratio of 0.1 to 50%, and a ratio of peak height on a mean line (R.sub.p) to maximum height (R.sub.max) with respect to surface roughness of the substrate being at least 60%. Further, a process for preparing the substrate and a magnetic disc having the substrate are disclosed.Because the substrate according to the present invention has appropriate protrusions on its surface, a friction force and an adsorbing force between a head and a magnetic disc can be reduced, leading to the improvement of the CSS and the anti-head stick properties. In addition, the S/N ratio is not affected because the fine concave portions formed on the surface of the substrate are shallow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Kuroe, Fumiaki Yokoyama, Daisuke Mouri
  • Patent number: 5618448
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a substrate for a magnetic disc comprising a glass substrate having fine protrusions on its surface, the protrusions having a height of 50 to 1000 .ANG., a width of 0.01 to 1 .mu.m, a density of 10 to 1000 per 100 .mu.m.sup.2 and an area ratio of 0.1 to 50%, and a ratio of peak height on a mean line (R.sub.p) to maximum height (R.sub.max) with respect to surface roughness of the substrate being at least 60%. Further, a process for preparing the substrate and a magnetic disc having the substrate are disclosed. Because the substrate according to the present invention has appropriate protrusions on its surface, a friction force and an adsorbing force between a head and a magnetic disc can be reduced, leading to the improvement of the CSS and the anti-head stick properties. In addition, the S/N ratio is not affected because the fine concave portions formed on the surface of the substrate are shallow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Kuroe, Fumiaki Yokoyama, Daisuke Mouri