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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
Yasushi Tomizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Koga, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Tomizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Koga, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A storage device includes a storage medium and a plurality of probes. The probes each have a recording/reproducing portion. The probes include a first probe, a second probe spaced from the first probe in a first direction, and a third probe spaced from the first probe in the first direction and in a second direction different from the first direction. A distance Xin the first direction between the portions of the first and second probes, a distance Xin the first direction between the portions of the first and third probes, and a distance Yin the second direction between the portions of the first and third probes satisfy the following formulae:  [Math 1]