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US 5,550,693 · App. 08/333,012

Air bearing slider having projections that provide minimal actual contact area

Inventors: Ferdinand Hendriks, Michel P. Robert
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Granted: Aug 27, 1996 Filed: Oct 31, 1994
Inventors
Ferdinand Hendriks
Michel P. Robert
Assignee (at issue)
International Business Machines Corporation

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Patent No.
US 5,550,693
App. No.
08/333,012
Filed
1994-10-31
Granted
1996-08-27
Kind
A