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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Riyan Alex Mendonsa, Edina, MN (US);
Walter R Eppler, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Puskal P Pokharel, Edina, MN (US);
Gary Ernest Hillukka, Cokato, MN (US);
Stephanie Hernandez, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/54 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/6029 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hard disc drive includes a slider including a first reader and a second reader. The hard disc drive also includes a magnetic recording medium and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a distance between the slider and the magnetic recording medium based at least in part on amplitudes of read signals from both the first reader and the second reader.