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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011

Filed:

Feb. 16, 2007
Applicants:

Bin LU, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Ganping Ju, Wexford, PA (US);

Julius K. Hohlfeld, Wexford, PA (US);

Duane C. Karns, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Amit V. Itagi, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

William A. Challener, Sewickley, PA (US);

Hua Zhou, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Inventors:

Bin Lu, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Ganping Ju, Wexford, PA (US);

Julius K. Hohlfeld, Wexford, PA (US);

Duane C. Karns, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Amit V. Itagi, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

William A. Challener, Sewickley, PA (US);

Hua Zhou, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Assignee:

Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/33 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus includes a magnetic layer, a heat sink layer, and a thermal resistor layer between the magnetic layer and the heat sink layer. The apparatus may be configured as a thin film structure arranged for data storage. The apparatus may also include an interlayer positioned between the magnetic layer and the thermal resistor layer.


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