IP Library Granted Patent US 5,742,449
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US 5,742,449 · App. 07/689,671

Near contact magnetic recording using a liquid lubricant bearing to separate media and transducer

Inventors: Thomas A. Gregory, Christopher Guild Keller, Thomas S. Larson
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Granted: Apr 21, 1998 Filed: Apr 23, 1991
Inventors
Thomas A. Gregory
Christopher Guild Keller
Thomas S. Larson
Assignee (at issue)
International Business Machines Corporation

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 5,742,449
App. No.
07/689,671
Filed
1991-04-23
Granted
1998-04-21
Kind
A