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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. 13, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2001
Mark J. Schaenzer, Eagan, MN (US);
Phillip E. Gorka, Burnsville, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A slider that carries a transducer in a storage device having a moving storage medium, includes a leading end, a trailing end, and a top area extending from the leading end to the trailing end. The top area is designed to face substantially away from the storage medium, while a bottom area of the slider, extending from the leading end to the trailing end, is designed to substantially face toward the storage medium. The bottom area is joined to the trailing end by a curved surface having a substantially constant radius of curvature from the trailing end to a point at least 0.025 millimeters away from the trailing end.