Patents by Inventor Maher Abdullah Alodan

Maher Abdullah Alodan 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).

  • Patterned and directional selective roughening of a slider air-bearing surface
    Publication number: 20020122275
    Abstract: An information handling system, such as a disk drive, including a base, a disk stack rotatably attached to the base, and an actuator assembly movably attached to the base. The actuator assembly also includes a load spring and a slider attached to said load spring. The slider and load spring are attached to form a gimballing connection between the slider and the load spring. The slider includes an air-bearing surface which has a contact area. The slider also includes a transducer. The transducer is typically located near said contact area. The contact area includes a roughened surface portion and a smooth surface portion. The smooth surface portion is adjacent the transducer. The roughened surface portion is rougher than the smooth surface portion. The roughened surface portion is also rougher than the other surfaces associated with the air-bearing surface of the slider. The roughened surface portion of the contact area is formed by one of several techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: Seagate Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Lance Eugene Stover, Maher Abdullah Alodan, Daniel Paul Burbank, Dale Eugene Egbert, Zine Eddine Boutaghou
  • Patterned and directional selective roughening of a slider air-bearing surface
    Patent number: 6366429
    Abstract: An information handling system, such as a disk drive, including a base, a disk stack rotatably attached to the base, and an actuator assembly movably attached to the base. The actuator assembly also includes a load spring and a slider attached to said load spring. The slider and load spring are attached to form a gimballing connection between the slider and the load spring. The slider includes an air-bearing surface which has a contact area. The slider also includes a transducer. The transducer is typically located near said contact area. The contact area includes a roughened surface portion and a smooth surface portion. The smooth surface portion is adjacent the transducer. The roughened surface portion is rougher than the smooth surface portion. The roughened surface portion is also rougher than the other surfaces associated with the air-bearing surface of the slider. The roughened surface portion of the contact area is formed by one of several techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Lance Eugene Stover, Maher Abdullah Alodan, Daniel Paul Burbank, Dale Eugene Egbert, Zine Eddine Boutaghou