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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2008
Applicants:
William Albert Challener, Sewickley, PA (US);
Julius Kurt Hohlfeld, Wexford, PA (US);
Adnan Rebei, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Inventors:
William Albert Challener, Sewickley, PA (US);
Julius Kurt Hohlfeld, Wexford, PA (US);
Adnan Rebei, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a particular embodiment, an optical transducer includes at least three optically conductive blades arranged symmetrically about a center gap. The optical transducer is adapted to receive polarized light from a light source and to focus the polarized light onto a recording medium while conserving polarization of the polarized light.