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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:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Sherve, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Neil Zuckerman, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Vasudevan Ramaswamy, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Andrew Habermas, Bloomington, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 49/00 (2012.01); B24B 37/04 (2012.01); G11B 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 37/048 (2013.01); B24B 37/042 (2013.01); G11B 5/102 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure includes methods and systems that include multiple lapping stages having at least one lapping stage that laps while a heat source is applied to cause expansion during lapping and at least one subsequent lapping stage that laps while the heat source is reduced (e.g., turned off).