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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:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vlad Novotny, Los Gatos, CA (US);
David Diepersloot, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Roger Hajjar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Bernard W Bell, Jr, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
TeraStor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 13 ; 369112 ;
Abstract
A device for retrieving data from or writing data to a storage medium that includes a heating element to reduce signal distortion in a data storage system. The device includes a head having an interfacing surface that faces a medium surface of the storage medium and interacts with the storage medium. The heating element is disposed on or near the interfacing surface to supply thermal energy to the interfacing surface maintain said interfacing surface at a temperature higher than a temperature of the medium surface.