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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2010
Applicants:
James A. Bain, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
William C. Messner, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
James A. Bain, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
William C. Messner, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/596 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for controlling the position of a magnetic head element and/or the magnetic head element to media spacing in a data storage device. At least one microactuator is embedded in a hard disk drive slider laterally displaced from the magnetic head element. Activation of the microactuator translates the magnetic head element in a lateral direction.