The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2007
Applicants:
Kazuhiko Maejima, Chuo-ku, JP;
Hiroshi Kamiyama, Chuo-ku, JP;
Tomonaga Nishikawa, Chuo-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/39 (2006.01); G11B 5/29 (2006.01); G11B 5/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thin-film magnetic head has a plurality of MR read head elements. Each MR read head element includes shield layers electrically insulated from the ground. An electrical resistor layer is electrically connected between the shield layer of one of the plurality of MR read head elements and the shield layer of the other one of the plurality of MR read head elements.