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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2004
Taras Grigoryevich Pokhil, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Nurul Amin, Woodbury, MN (US);
Steven Paul Bozeman, Savage, MN (US);
Steven Albert Kalderon, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Andrzej Adam Stankiewicz, Edina, MN (US);
Ned Tabat, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Pu-ling LU, Rosemount, MN (US);
Johannes Van Ek, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Janusz Jozef Nowak, Mahopac, NY (US);
Patrick Joseph Ryan, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Taras Grigoryevich Pokhil, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Nurul Amin, Woodbury, MN (US);
Steven Paul Bozeman, Savage, MN (US);
Steven Albert Kalderon, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Andrzej Adam Stankiewicz, Edina, MN (US);
Ned Tabat, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Pu-Ling Lu, Rosemount, MN (US);
Johannes Van Ek, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Janusz Jozef Nowak, Mahopac, NY (US);
Patrick Joseph Ryan, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a head having an air bearing surface for confronting the surface of a storage medium. The head includes a first pole that is spaced apart from a second pole. At least one non-magnetic spacer is positioned between the first pole and the second pole such that the first pole is magnetically decoupled from the second pole. In a further aspect, one or both of the first pole and the second pole can be elliptical in shape.