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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:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2023
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Guoxiao Guo, Irvine, CA (US);
William B. Boyle, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/00 (2006.01); G11B 5/012 (2006.01); G11B 5/03 (2006.01); G11B 5/596 (2006.01); G11B 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/03 (2013.01); G11B 5/012 (2013.01); G11B 5/596 (2013.01); G11B 5/59655 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various illustrative aspects are directed to a data storage device, comprising one or more disks; an actuator mechanism configured to position one or more heads proximate to a corresponding disk surface of the one or more disks; and one or more processing devices. The selected head comprises a write element and an assistive energy emitter. The one or more processing devices are configured to apply an assistive energy current to the assistive energy emitter while refraining from applying a write current to the write element.