Patents by Inventor Michael F. Garnier

Michael F. Garnier 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).

  • Magnetic head air bearing slider
    Patent number: 4475135
    Abstract: A self-loading magnetic head air bearing slider is formed with a taper across the full width at its leading edge. The air bearing slider has two rails along its sides and a recess between the rails. The structure of the rails is preferably flared to provide an improved pressure profile thereby to allow fast liftoff from a disk surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1984
    Assignee: International Business Machines
    Inventors: Michael W. Warner, Michael F. Garnier
  • Magnetic head slider assembly
    Patent number: 4218715
    Abstract: A self-loading slider for a magnetic head assembly is formed with an air bearing surface having spaced rails and a negative pressure region between the rails. Shallow recesses or reliefs are formed in the rails so that ambient pressure is substantially maintained in the areas of such recesses along the rails. The slider is relatively insensitive to skew and disk curvature due to flutter or static deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1980
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Michael F. Garnier