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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1996
Arnold W Johansen, Marlboro, MA (US);
David V Cronin, Peabody, MA (US);
Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
An electrostatic discharge protection device is provided for use with a magnetic read/write transducer. The electrostatic discharge protection device electrically interconnects the conductive elements of magnetoresistive (MR) and inductive heads to provide a low-resistance conductive path placing the conductive elements at a substantially equal electrical potential, thus minimizing electrostatic discharge. The electrostatic discharge protection device provides an electrical path between the conductive elements which is manually or automatically removable upon connection to a mating element. The electrostatic protection device has a resilient inward bias to connect electrically conductive elements such that a ground is established between them and is removed automatically upon insertion of the conductive elements into a mating receptacle which is interposed between the conductive elements and the electrostatic discharge protection device.