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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Gary Joseph Kunkel, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Quinn J. Haddock, Longmont, CO (US);
Inventors:
Gary Joseph Kunkel, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Quinn J. Haddock, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a disc drive, a slider having electronic communication with the surface of a data disc, the slider having a first up-track mill transition that has a transition mill to remove oblique mill transitions so that the transition has a substantially perpendicular portion that impacts contaminant particles on or near the disc surface. In other embodiments, other edges of the slider have transition mills to remove oblique transition mills from possible impact with such particles.