Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Disk lubricant tank insert to suppress lubricant surface waves
- Patent Title (中): 磁盘润滑油箱插入物可抑制润滑剂表面波
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Application No.: US11272838Application Date: 2005-11-12
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Publication No.: US07640886B2Publication Date: 2010-01-05
- Inventor: Hung Q. Daodang , Ferdinand Hendriks , Larry W. Winterlin
- Applicant: Hung Q. Daodang , Ferdinand Hendriks , Larry W. Winterlin
- Applicant Address: NL Amsterdam
- Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Amsterdam
- Agency: Zilka-Kotab, PC
- Main IPC: B05C3/00
- IPC: B05C3/00

Abstract:
The disk lubricant tank of the present invention includes a lubricant bath cover device that resides on the lubricant bath surface to suppress surface waves. The bath cover includes a plurality of finger-like projecting members that define a plurality of disk passage slots therebetween. A plurality of disks are disposed upon a disk holding mandrel and are lowered into the lubricant bath. Each disk passes through a separate disk passage slot during the dipping process. The finger-like projections reside on the bath surface between the disk to suppress surface waves that would otherwise impinge upon side surfaces of the disk, leading to lubricant overcoat areas upon the side surfaces of the disk. Therefore, hard disks of the present invention are formed with a more uniform lubricant coating wherein unwanted lubricant overcoat areas formed by surface waves in the lubricant bath are suppressed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060062957A1 Disk lubricant tank insert to suppress lubricant surface waves Public/Granted day:2006-03-23
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