Seagate Technology Incorporated

Todd Arthur Luse

James Richard Peterson

Lance Eugene Stover

Joel William Hoehn

Edwin F Rejda

Shanlin X Hao

Thien T Tu

A slider body characterized by rounded corners and edges and smooth surfaces, formed by polishing with a polymeric fiber and a free abrasive slurry of submicron particles.

Slider having rounded corners and edges, and method for producing the same

A method for producing magneto resistive heads includes the steps of positioning at least two magneto resistive elements in spaced relation to one another and placing the at least two magneto resistive elements in an ion milling environment where material is removed nonselectively from items in the environment. A property of at least two of the plurality of magneto resistive elements is monitored. In response to monitoring, one of the at least two magneto resistive elements is dynamically covered to prevent additional removal of material from the covered magneto resistive element.

Ion mill shutter system

A head testing apparatus is provided for testing a data recording head. The apparatus includes a test volume, a magnetic field source, a holder and a thermoelectric source. The test volume is adapted to receive the head, and the magnetic field source is positioned to generate a magnetic field within the test volume. The holder is adapted to hold the head and position the head within the test volume. The thermoelectric source is positioned to contact the head when the head is positioned within the test volume by the holder.

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Todd Arthur Luse