IP Library Granted Patent US 5,168,413
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US 5,168,413 · App. 07/621,010

Transducer head flying height monitoring methods and apparatus for disk drive system

Inventors: Jonathan Darrel Coker, Richard Leo Galbraith, Paul P. Howard, Gregory Kerwin, Gordon James Smith
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Granted: Dec 1, 1992 Filed: Nov 30, 1990
Inventors
Jonathan Darrel Coker
Richard Leo Galbraith
Paul P. Howard
Gregory Kerwin
Gordon James Smith
Assignee (at issue)
IBM Corporation

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Patent No.
US 5,168,413
App. No.
07/621,010
Filed
1990-11-30
Granted
1992-12-01
Kind
A