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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Samir E Abboud, Hayward, CA (US);
Nickolas C Apuzzo, Rochester, MN (US);
Jeffrey B Brown, Rochester, MN (US);
Earl A Cunningham, Rochester, MN (US);
David M Hannon, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Raymond P Mallette, Shelburne, VT (US);
Paul S Tyler, Rochester, MN (US);
Steven H Voss, Rochester, MN (US);
Albert J Wallash, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361151 ; 361267 ;
Abstract
The magnetic states of MR reproducing heads are reinitialized during media drive manufacturing by applying initializing magnetic fields to the transducers after they have been manufactured and incorporated into media drive assemblies.