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| 20090153915 | HERMETIC SEAL FOR A SCANNER ASSEMBLY OF A PROBE STORAGE DEVICE - A scanner assembly includes a first sealing ring that extends around one of first and second actuating mechanisms of the scanner assembly. A first sealant ring is positioned upon the first sealing ring and is formed from one of a solder seal, glass frit seal and a glue seal. The first sealant ring provides a hermetic seal that maintains a desired operating environment for the one of the first and second actuating mechanisms and a mechanical support for a top plate. A second sealing ring extends around a media table of the scanner assembly. A second sealant ring is positioned upon the second sealing ring and is formed from one of a solder seal, glass frit seal and a glue seal. The second sealing ring provides a hermetic seal that maintains a desired operating environment for the media table and a mechanical support for an array chip. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090154327 | PROBE STORAGE DEVICE - A probe storage device includes a scanner chip having at least a suspension layer and a table layer an array chip, and at least one coil mounted to the scanner chip. The probe storage device further includes a top plate mounted proximate to the table layer. The top plate includes at least one magnet positioned adjacent the at least one coil. A base plate is mounted proximate to the suspension layer and includes at least one magnet positioned adjacent to the at least one coil. An electronic component mounting cavity is formed in one of the table layer, suspension layer, at least one top plate and base plate. An electronic component is mounted within the electronic component mounting cavity. The electronic component is wired directly to the scanner chip to provide a direct wired connection to that eliminates the need for a printed circuit board. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090154328 | SCANNING SYSTEM FOR A PROBE STORAGE DEVICE - A scanning system includes a base plate, an anchor structure mounted to the base plate, and a first O-topology bracket moveably mounted along a first axis of an X-Y plane to the anchor structure. The first O-topology bracket is resiliently interconnected to the anchor structure by a plurality of parallelization springs. A second O-topology bracket is moveably mounted along a second axis of the X-Y plane to the first O-topology bracket. The second O-topology bracket is resiliently interconnected to the first O-topology bracket through a second plurality of parallelization springs. The first and second O-topology brackets provide a robust, vibration resistant structure that resists both in-plane and out-of-plane deformations to enable sub-nanometer tracking. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090154329 | SCANNING SYSTEM FOR A PROBE STORAGE DEVICE - A probe storage device includes a scanner chip body having at least a mechanical ground portion provided with first and second opposing surfaces and a scan table suspension portion. A scan table including a top surface and a back surface is moveably mounted to the scan table suspension portion. A probe array chip is fixedly mounted to the first surface of the mechanical ground portion. A first plate is also fixedly mounted to the first surface of the mechanical ground portion. A second plate, having a main body portion including first and second opposing surfaces, is fixedly mounted to the second surface of the mechanical ground portion. A desiccant layer is positioned upon one of the first surface of the second plate, the back surface of the scan table and one of the first and second surfaces of the mechanical ground portion. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090154330 | PROBE STORAGE DEVICE SCANNER CHIP HAVING A MULTI-LAYER MEDIA SUPPORT TABLE - A probe storage device includes a base plate having a main body provided with a substantially planar surface, and a scanner chip body. The scanner chip body extends across the base plate. The scanner chip body includes first and second substantially parallel planar surfaces that collectively define an outer peripheral edge portion. The scanner chip body further includes at least a mechanical ground portion fixedly mounted to the base plate, a suspension portion, and a scan table base portion. The scan table base portion is selectively movable relative to the mechanical ground portion. The probe storage device further includes a scan table platform. The scan table platform includes first and second parallel substantially planar surfaces. The scan table platform extends across, is offset relative to, and mechanically linked with the scan table base portion so as to form a composite multi-layered support table for the media. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090155727 | METHOD OF FORMING A FLAT MEDIA TABLE FOR PROBE STORAGE DEVICE - A method of forming a flat media table for a probe-based storage device includes applying a first-photo-resistive coating to one side of a silicon wafer and a second photo-resistive coating to an opposite side of the silicon wafer. The silicon wafer includes a table layer, a suspension layer and a spacer layer sandwiched therebetween. The first photoresistive coating is applied to the table layer and the second photoresistive coating is applied to the suspension layer. A first pattern is formed through photolithography in the second photoresistive coating and etched into the suspension layer. A second pattern is formed through photolithography in the first photoresistive coating and etched into the table layer. A portion of the table layer is released from the suspension layer though selective etching of the spacer layer so as to form a plurality of stand-offs defined by remaining portions of the spacer layer. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090279201 | JOINT SPECIFICATION OF SERVO FORMAT AND SERVO READER PARAMETERS FOR TAPE DRIVE SYSTEMS - A servo pattern, including stripes arranged in servo bursts for use in position error signal (PES) generation, is provided in which a stripe width is narrower than 1.7 μm and in which the stripes are oriented at an azimuth angle which in absolute value is equal to or larger than 6 degrees. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090279202 | HEAD DESIGN FOR WRITING SERVO PATTERNS ON MAGNETIC TAPE - A servo write head is provided and is configured to simultaneously write at least two servo patterns in respective servo bands on linear magnetic tape. Centerlines of the servo patterns are substantially uniformly spaced in the lateral direction. In addition, the servo patterns of all adjacent respective servo bands are displaced relative to each other in a longitudinal direction by an amount that is related to a length of a servo frame and a type of the servo patterns. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100214688 | DUAL ACTUATOR FOR A READ-WRITE DATA STORAGE DEVICE - A data storage device includes a first head module independently moveably mounted relative to the storage device. The first head module includes at least one of a read element and a write element. In addition, the data storage device includes a second head module independently moveably mounted relative to the storage device. The second head module includes at least one of a read element and a write element operatively associated with the at least one of a read element and write element of the first head module. The second head module is selectively shiftable relative to the first head module in order to align the at least one of the read element and the write element of the first head module and the at least one of the read element and the write element of the second head module to one another. | 08-26-2010 |
