US Patent Issued to WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES on April 7 for "Method and disk carrier for use in polishing glass substrate disks" (Malaysian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,645, issued on April 7, was assigned to WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Method and disk carrier for use in polishing glass substrate disks" was invented by Stefano Ching Kiat Boon (Sarawak, Malaysia), Guo Sheng Hii (Sarawak, Malaysia), Yong Lee Mok (Sarawak, Malaysia) and Tiew Cheon Ling (Sarawak, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carrier for use in a polishing machine and a method for using the carrier during the polishing of glass substrate disks intended for use in the hard disk media of a hard disk drive. Grooves are provided in top and bottom surfaces of the carrier to, e.g., increase the flow of p...