IP Library Granted Patent US 9,558,778
Granted Patent B2
US 9,558,778 · App. 13/260,841 · Granted Jan 31, 2017

Lubricant compound for magnetic disk and magnetic disk

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Patent No.
US 9,558,778
App. No.
13/260,841
Granted
Jan 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lubricant compound is contained in a lubrication layer of a magnetic disk in which at least a magnetic layer, a protective layer, and a lubrication layer are sequentially provided on a substrate, and the lubricant compound contains a component A represented by Chemical formula 1 and a component B represented by Chemical formula 2: wherein X in Chemical formula 1 represents OH wherein X in Chemical formula 2 represents OCH 2 CH(OH)CH 2 OH, and the lubricant compound further contains a component C made of a specific compound having a phosphezene ring in the structure thereof.

Claims (18)

1. A lubricant compound for a magnetic disk contained in a lubrication layer of a magnetic disk in which at least a magnetic layer, a protective layer, and a lubrication layer are sequentially provided on a substrate, characterized in that

the lubricant compound contains a component A represented by Chemical formula 1 and a component B represented by Chemical formula 2:

wherein X in Chemical formula 1 represents OH

wherein X in Chemical formula 2 represents OCH 2 CH(OH)CH 2 OH,

and the lubricant compound further contains at least one type of a component C, wherein the component C is selected from compounds C-1 and C-2 represented by the following formulae:

wherein Rf represents —(OC 2 F 4 )m(OCF 2 )n-, and m and n each represents an integer of not less than 1, and

PN is represented from one of the following formulae:

wherein x and y each is an integer of 5 when C is compound (C-1) and an integer of 4 when C is compound (C-2),

wherein the lubricant compound does not contain a component D represented by the following Chemical formula

2. The lubricant compound for a magnetic disk according to claim 1 , wherein in the lubricant compound, the ratio of the component C among the component A, the component B, and the component C is 5 to 20 weight %.

3. A magnetic disk in which at least a magnetic layer, a protective layer, and a lubrication layer are sequentially provided on a substrate, characterized in that

the lubrication layer contains the lubricant compound according to claim 1 .

4. The magnetic disk according to claim 3 , wherein

the protective layer is a carbon protective layer formed by a plasma CVD method.

5. The magnetic disk according to claim 3 , wherein

the magnetic disk is mounted on a magnetic disk device whose start/stop mechanism is a load-unload type and used under the head floating amount of 5 nm or less.

6. The magnetic disk according to claim 3 , wherein a thickness of the lubrication layer is 10 to 13 Å.

7. The lubricant compound for a magnetic disk according to claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio between the components A and B is between 1:3 and 1:10.

Assignments (6)
PATENT COLLATERAL AGREEMENT - A&R LOAN AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 21, 2023
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 064715/0001 →
PATENT COLLATERAL AGREEMENT - DDTL LOAN AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 21, 2023
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 067045/0156 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL 053926 FRAME 0446 Recorded Feb 8, 2022
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 058966/0321 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2020
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 053926/0446 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2020
From: WD MEDIA (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 053180/0398 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2011
From: SUZUKI, KOTA; SHIMOKAWA, KOICHI; HAMAKUBO, KATSUSHI; ITOH, KAE
To: WD MEDIA (SINGAPORE) PTE.LTD.
Reel/Frame 027377/0178 →