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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. 16, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Allan E Schultz, St. Paul, MN (US);
Frank S Stageberg, Edina, MN (US);
Kenneth P Ash, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Brian S Zak, Excelsior, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360113 ;
Abstract
An inverted magnetoresistive head is disclosed. The inverted magnetoresistive head includes a reader positioned on top of a writer. The writer includes a bottom pole, a polymer insulator, a write gap, a pole tip and a top pole. The reader includes a bottom shield, a first reader gap, a magnetoresistive element, electrical contacts, a second reader gap and a shield.