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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2003
Thomas William Clinton, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Petrus Antonius Van Der Heijden, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Michael Allen Seigler, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jonathan D. Hannay, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Thomas William Clinton, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Petrus Antonius van der Heijden, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Michael Allen Seigler, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jonathan D. Hannay, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A magnetic recording head comprises a write pole having a tip adjacent to an air bearing surface of the recording head, a return pole magnetically coupled to the write pole, a conductor positioned adjacent to at least one edge of the write pole at the air bearing surface for carrying current to produce a magnetic field that saturates at least a portion of the write pole and augments a write field, a first conductive heat sink connected to a first end of the conductor, and a second conductive heat sink connected to a second end of the conductor. Disc drives that include the recording head are also included.