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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2005
Jeremy Adam Thurn, Eagan, MN (US);
Declan Macken, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Dale Eugene Egbert, Deephaven, MN (US);
Jeremy Adam Thurn, Eagan, MN (US);
Declan Macken, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Dale Eugene Egbert, Deephaven, MN (US);
Seagate Technology, LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A sensor comprises a transducer portion including a semi-permanently deformable portion. A deformation of the semi-permanently deformable portion in response to an activation energy deforms the transducer portion. The deformation is retained after the activation energy is removed. In another embodiment of the invention, a transducer comprises a body having an active element, a magnetostrictive element and a magnet having a magnetic field. The magnetic field causes a deformation of the magnetostrictive portion thereby adjusting the position of the active element.