Patents by Inventor Peter C. Lorince

Peter C. Lorince 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).

  • Constant flying height slider
    Patent number: 5086360
    Abstract: The surface of a slider for a magnetic recording head, a burnishing head, or a glide head includes a pair of rails that, in operation, face the magnetic recording medium to form air bearing surfaces. These air bearing surfaces have slots cut into them at the same prescribed angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the slider, and along a single straight line. This provides slots which are asymmetric about the longitudinal axis, causing the slider to fly nearer the recording medium and at almost constant height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: Applied Magnetics Corporation
    Inventors: Paul W. Smith, Raymond S. Abbott, Peter C. Lorince, Robert K. Wood, Robert R. Lichtenberg, John J. Gaukel