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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2019
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wenzhong Zhu, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Kenneth Haapala, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jon D. Trantham, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/55 (2006.01); G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 5/012 (2006.01); G11B 5/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/5578 (2013.01); G11B 5/012 (2013.01); G11B 5/4813 (2013.01); G11B 5/54 (2013.01); G11B 5/55 (2013.01); G11B 5/5539 (2013.01);
Abstract
A recording surface of a magnetic disk is divided into first and second zones. A first head of a first actuator arm assembly reads from and/or writes to the first zone exclusively. A second head of a second actuator arm assembly reads from and/or writes to the second zone exclusively. The first and second head are capable of simultaneously reading from and writing to the recording surface.