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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:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul R. Johnson, Kaysville, UT (US);
David L. Hall, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Iomega Corporation, Roy, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/730 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/730 ;
Abstract
An optical head has a head gimbal assembly on which a light emitting laser is mounted. A tab extends from the assembly and a photo-detector is mounted on the tab. The tab extends from the load beam of the head gimbal assembly. Alternatively, the tab extends from a flexure of the head disk assembly.