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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2005

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2003
Applicant:

Curtis Michael Pleiss, Longmont, CO (US);

Inventor:

Curtis Michael Pleiss, Longmont, CO (US);

Assignee:

Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B005/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of operating a transducer includes heating a write element by passing a preheat electrical current through a conductive coil of the write element in a manner which produces a substantially zero magnetic flux. The method also includes writing data to a media after heating the write element by passing a write electrical current through the conductive coil in a manner in which produces a net magnetic flux.


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