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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:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven B. Marshall, Northborough, MA (US);
Michael Mallary, Sterling, MA (US);
Richard E. Martin, Worcester, MA (US);
Assignee:
Maxtor Corporation, Longmont, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/312 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/312 ;
Abstract
Methods and devices are provided that allow heads for use in disk drives to be tested in a helium environment in a cost-effective way with little or no impact on test time and with minimal consumption of helium.