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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2003
Declan Macken, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Jeremy Adam Thurn, Eagan, MN (US);
Lance Eugene Stover, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Ned Tabat, Chanhassen, MN (US);
John Robert Pendray, Edina, MN (US);
Declan Macken, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Jeremy Adam Thurn, Eagan, MN (US);
Lance Eugene Stover, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Ned Tabat, Chanhassen, MN (US);
John Robert Pendray, Edina, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A slider includes a slider body having a trailing edge and a leading edge. The slider also includes a thin film structure deposited in layers on the trailing edge. The thin film structure includes a write transducer configured to read and write to a storage medium. The thin film structure also includes a non-thermally activated actuator at least partially formed with the write transducer and configured to move the write transducer relative to the trailing edge.