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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. 20, 1983
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
William W Chow, Tucson, AZ (US);
Davis S Fields, Jr, Pima County, AZ (US);
Paul Y Hu, Pima County, AZ (US);
Jorge L Lopez, Pima County, AZ (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B / ; G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360129 ; 360110 ; 360128 ; 62-3 ;
Abstract
The temperature of a magnetic head assembly is reduced by active heat transfer accomplished by a thermoelectric cooling element positioned between and in contact with the head assembly housing and the head assembly. The housing serves as a heat sink from which thermal energy is diffused.