IP Library Granted Patent US 6,411,458
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US 6,411,458 · App. 09/298,363

Disk drive employing method of monitoring transducer flying height to retire defective data site on recording surface

Inventors: Russell A. Billings, Michael J. Shea
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Granted: Jun 25, 2002 Filed: Apr 23, 1999
Inventors
Russell A. Billings
Michael J. Shea
Assignee (at issue)
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 6,411,458
App. No.
09/298,363
Filed
1999-04-23
Granted
2002-06-25
Kind
B1