Appeal No. 97-2035
Application 08/161,234
recording surface at least when the disk is at
rest;
ii) a magnetic transducer mounted in
the slider for writing and reading data to and
from the magnetic recording surface of the
electrically conductive storage disk; and
iii) an electrically conductive
coating applied to at least one surface of the
slider for facilitating the discharge of
electrostatic charge on the slider; and
c) an electrically conducting path
connected to the slider/head assembly
electrically conductive coating and to the
electrically conductive storage disk for
discharging triboelectrically generated charge
on the slider head assembly.
9. A method for reducing debris
accumulation in a magnetic disk storage system
comprising a disk having an electrically
conductive base with a magnetic recording
surface, and a slider/head assembly including a
magnetic transducer in close proximity to the
magnetic recording surface when writing data to
or reading data from the disk and having a load-
bearing surface in contact with the magnetic
recording surface when the disk is not rotating,
the method comprising the following steps:
a) forming an electrically conductive
surface area on the slider/head assembly except
in the proximity of the magnetic transducer; and
b) electrically connecting the
electrically conductive surface to the
electrically conducting disk base for
discharging triboelectrically generated static
charges on the slider/head assembly.
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