Abstract: The device includes an inner conductor, a dielectric material, an outer conductor, a coupling spring, and a sliding sleeve. The dielectric material surrounds the inner conductor. The outer conductor surrounds the dielectric material. The sliding sleeve is slidably attached to the outer conductor. The coupling spring is attached to the outer conductor. The coupling spring includes a plurality of beam tines. Each beam tine includes a lever tine. An adjacent pair of beam tines is separated by a slot where the slot has a root. A first distance is defined from the root to an edge of the beam tine. A second length is defined from the root to a distal end of the lever tine. The first length is greater than the second length.

Abstract: An information storage system including an enclosure, a rotating data storage medium including a surface, a slider including an ABS and an airborne oxidizable contaminant disposed in the enclosure. The system also includes an antioxidant absorbed onto the surface of the data storage medium. The antioxidant inhibits oxidation of the oxidizable contaminants at an interface between the ABS and the rotating data storage medium.

Abstract: An information storage system including an enclosure, a rotating data storage medium including a surface, a slider including an ABS and an airborne oxidizable contaminant disposed in the enclosure. The system also includes an antioxidant absorbed onto the surface of the data storage medium. The antioxidant inhibits oxidation of the oxidizable contaminants at an interface between the ABS and the rotating data storage medium.

Abstract: The device includes an inner conductor, a dielectric material, an outer conductor, a coupling spring, and a sliding sleeve. The dielectric material surrounds the inner conductor. The outer conductor surrounds the dielectric material. The sliding sleeve is slidably attached to the outer conductor. The coupling spring is attached to the outer conductor. The coupling spring includes a plurality of beam tines. Each beam tine includes a lever tine. An adjacent pair of beam tines is separated by a slot where the slot has a root. A first distance is defined from the root to an edge of the beam tine. A second length is defined from the root to a distal end of the lever tine. The first length is greater than the second length.

Abstract: A modified facet etch is disclosed to prevent blown gate oxide and increase etch chamber life. The modified facet etch is a two-stage process. The first stage is a plasma sputter etch to form a facet profile. The first stage etch is terminated prior to reaching the target depth for the etching process. The second stage etch is a reactive ion etch which directionally follows the facet profile to reach the target depth.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for reducing pad burnish damages on magnetic recording media. The method of the present invention reduces burnish damage and increases glide yield without compromising disk flyability, durability and general quality.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for regulating the concentration of a vapor within a hard drive are provided. In one embodiment, the method may include providing a source chemical of a vapor in a first cavity formed within a first object, providing an absorptive chemical which absorbs the vapor in a second cavity formed within the first object, and providing a third cavity formed by a hard drive housing of the hard drive. A first conductance path having a first conductance connects the first cavity to the third cavity, a second conductance path having a second conductance connects the second cavity to the third cavity, and the first conductance and the second conductance maintain a partial pressure level of the vapor within the third cavity.

Abstract: A system and method for reducing corrosion in a fluid dynamic bearing is disclosed. In one embodiment, a fluid dynamic bearing comprising a rotor portion and a stator portion is formed. In addition, a corrosion inhibitor containing lubricating fluid is provided between the rotor portion and the stator portion of the fluid dynamic bearing, wherein the corrosion inhibitor containing lubricating fluid does not react with either the rotor portion or the stator portion of the fluid dynamic bearing.

Abstract: An improved disk drive system that employs a lubricant with improved charge control is provided. The disk drive system is comprised of a rotatably mounted magnetic disk. A rotor is coupled to the disk and rotatably retained by a stator. A bearing is formed that serves as an interface between the stator and the rotor. A motor coupled to the rotor rotates the magnetic disk via the rotor. Located in the bearing is a lubricant having a low relative electrical permittivity.