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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2006
Applicants:
Noboru Yamanaka, Chuo-ku, JP;
Norikazu Ota, Chuo-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Noboru Yamanaka, Chuo-ku, JP;
Norikazu Ota, Chuo-ku, JP;
Assignee:
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thin-film magnetic head comprises at least one of a magnetoresistive device for reading and an electromagnetic transducer device for writing, and a heating element provided in the head body part. The heating element has an up portion meandering between an origin and a halfway point and a down portion meandering along the up portion from the halfway point to an end positioned in the vicinity of the origin, and adapted to generate heat when energized.