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公开(公告)号:DE3884098D1
公开(公告)日:1993-10-21
申请号:DE3884098
申请日:1988-07-13
Applicant: IBM
Inventor: GREGORY THOMAS ALLEN , KELLER CHRISTOPHER GUILD , KENNEDY BRUCE EDWARD , MURRAY BRUCE ALLEN , ROTHSCHILD WAYNE JAY
Abstract: In a magnetic disk file having a plurality of disks and a source of organic lubricant mounted within a housing, an air flow stream recirculates within the housing. The vapor pressure of the lubricant source is controlled to provide vapor phase transport of lubricant molecules between the source and the disks' recording surfaces. The lubricant molecules bidirectionally transfer between the air stream and the source, and between the air stream and the surface of the disks, as is needed to maintian a nomo-molecular lubricant film, in the range of about 3 to 15 angstroms, on the disks in accordance with the principle of Langmuir kinetics. The disks are rigid disks and their recording surface includes a carbon overcoat. This overcoat has an affinity for the airborne organic lubricant molecules. In a first embodiment, the vapor pressure of the lubricant is controlled by mounting the material at the coolest location within the housing. In a second embodiment, the lubricant is carried as a mono-molecular layer of lubricant on granular carbon particles which have a surface area that is many times greater than the surface area of the disks. In a third embodiment, the vapor pressure is controlled by combining the lubricant with a vapor pressure diluent.
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公开(公告)号:ZA885420B
公开(公告)日:1989-04-26
申请号:ZA885420
申请日:1988-07-25
Applicant: IBM
Inventor: GREGORY THOMAS ALLEN , THOMAS ALLEN GREGORY , KELLER CHRISTOPHER GUILD , CHRISTOPHER GUILD KELLER , KENNEDY BRUCE EDWARD , BRUCE EDWARD KENNEDY , MURRAY BRUCE ALLEN , BRUCE ALLEN MURRAY , ROTHSCHILD WAYNE JAY , WAYNE JAY ROTHSCHILD
IPC: G06F20060101 , G06K20060101 , G11B5/40 , G11B5/60 , G11B17/32 , G11B23/50 , G11B33/14 , G06F , G06K
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公开(公告)号:ZA8805420B
公开(公告)日:1989-04-26
申请号:ZA8805420
申请日:1988-07-25
Applicant: IBM
Inventor: GREGORY THOMAS ALLEN , THOMAS ALLEN GREGORY , KELLER CHRISTOPHER GUILD , CHRISTOPHER GUILD KELLER , KENNEDY BRUCE EDWARD , BRUCE EDWARD KENNEDY , MURRAY BRUCE ALLEN , BRUCE ALLEN MURRAY , ROTHSCHILD WAYNE JAY , WAYNE JAY ROTHSCHILD
IPC: G06F20060101 , G06K20060101 , G11B5/40 , G11B5/60 , G11B17/32 , G11B23/50 , G11B33/14 , G06F , G06K
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公开(公告)号:DE68929034D1
公开(公告)日:1999-08-26
申请号:DE68929034
申请日:1989-10-27
Applicant: IBM
Inventor: GREGORY THOMAS ALLEN , KELLER CHRISTOPHER GUILD , LARSON THOMAS SCOTT
IPC: G11B21/21 , G11B5/60 , G11B15/62 , G11B17/32 , G11B23/50 , G11B25/04 , G11B33/12 , G11B33/14 , H02J13/00
Abstract: A rotating magnetic storage device is shown wherein the transducer and media are separated during operation by a thin film of low viscosity liquid lubricant that is recirculated from a reservoir within the head-media enclosure. Lubricant recirculation can be effected by capillary action using a wick, mechanical pumping and metering or distillation techniques. As compared to devices using air bearing separation, the transducer carrying slider has very small bearing surfaces which may be in the form of narrow rails or small depending foot elements. This enables fly heights of 2 microinches using a film of one micron thickness.
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公开(公告)号:DE69313429T2
公开(公告)日:1998-02-26
申请号:DE69313429
申请日:1993-11-19
Applicant: IBM
Inventor: GREGORY THOMAS ALLEN , KELLER CHRISTOPHER GUILD , HAGAN JAMES ALOYSIUS
Abstract: The disk drive assembly has a disk assembly and a transducer carrying actuator which are surrounded by a housing and a lubricant film is maintained on the recording surfaces of the disk. A lubricant reservoir is positioned close to the disk recording surface, and a heater element is mounted in heat transfer relationship with the reservoir. A sensor determines the thickness of the lubricant film on the disk recording surface. A controller governs the power delivered to the heating element w.r.t. the lubricant film thickness determined by the sensor. A recirculating device captures lubricant that collects within the housing and returns it to the lubricant reservoir. The recirculator includes a wick structure that extends from a housing location where lubricant collects to the reservoir. The reservoir is planar and overlies the disk data surface with a separation not exceeding 500 microns.
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公开(公告)号:DE69115755T2
公开(公告)日:1996-07-11
申请号:DE69115755
申请日:1991-05-16
Applicant: IBM
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公开(公告)号:SG148094G
公开(公告)日:1995-03-17
申请号:SG148094
申请日:1994-10-13
Applicant: IBM
Inventor: GREGORY THOMAS ALLEN , KELLER CHRISTOPHER GUILD , KENNEDY BRUCE EDWARD , MURRAY BRUCE ALLEN , ROTHSCHILD WAYNE JAY
Abstract: In a magnetic disk file having a plurality of disks and a source of organic lubricant mounted within a housing, an air flow stream recirculates within the housing. The vapor pressure of the lubricant source is controlled to provide vapor phase transport of lubricant molecules between the source and the disks' recording surfaces. The lubricant molecules bidirectionally transfer between the air stream and the source, and between the air stream and the surface of the disks, as is needed to maintian a nomo-molecular lubricant film, in the range of about 3 to 15 angstroms, on the disks in accordance with the principle of Langmuir kinetics. The disks are rigid disks and their recording surface includes a carbon overcoat. This overcoat has an affinity for the airborne organic lubricant molecules. In a first embodiment, the vapor pressure of the lubricant is controlled by mounting the material at the coolest location within the housing. In a second embodiment, the lubricant is carried as a mono-molecular layer of lubricant on granular carbon particles which have a surface area that is many times greater than the surface area of the disks. In a third embodiment, the vapor pressure is controlled by combining the lubricant with a vapor pressure diluent.
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公开(公告)号:DE3884098T2
公开(公告)日:1994-04-21
申请号:DE3884098
申请日:1988-07-13
Applicant: IBM
Inventor: GREGORY THOMAS ALLEN , KELLER CHRISTOPHER GUILD , KENNEDY BRUCE EDWARD , MURRAY BRUCE ALLEN , ROTHSCHILD WAYNE JAY
Abstract: In a magnetic disk file having a plurality of disks and a source of organic lubricant mounted within a housing, an air flow stream recirculates within the housing. The vapor pressure of the lubricant source is controlled to provide vapor phase transport of lubricant molecules between the source and the disks' recording surfaces. The lubricant molecules bidirectionally transfer between the air stream and the source, and between the air stream and the surface of the disks, as is needed to maintian a nomo-molecular lubricant film, in the range of about 3 to 15 angstroms, on the disks in accordance with the principle of Langmuir kinetics. The disks are rigid disks and their recording surface includes a carbon overcoat. This overcoat has an affinity for the airborne organic lubricant molecules. In a first embodiment, the vapor pressure of the lubricant is controlled by mounting the material at the coolest location within the housing. In a second embodiment, the lubricant is carried as a mono-molecular layer of lubricant on granular carbon particles which have a surface area that is many times greater than the surface area of the disks. In a third embodiment, the vapor pressure is controlled by combining the lubricant with a vapor pressure diluent.
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公开(公告)号:MX167190B
公开(公告)日:1993-03-09
申请号:MX1250488
申请日:1988-08-01
Applicant: IBM
Inventor: MURRAY BRUCE ALLEN , ROTHSCHILD WAYNE JAY , GREGORY THOMAS ALLEN , KELLER CHRISTOPHER GUILD , KENNEDY BRUCE EDWARD
IPC: G06F20060101 , G06K20060101 , G11B5/40 , G11B5/60 , G11B17/32 , G11B23/50 , G11B33/14
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