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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:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2011
Applicants:
Erik Jon Hutchinson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Bradley Hugh Miller, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Erik Jon Hutchinson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Bradley Hugh Miller, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In certain embodiments, a head includes a writer portion having coils positioned near a writer, a reader portion separate from the writer portion and a single-layer heating circuit positioned near the writer portion. The heating circuit includes at least two resistive elements. In certain embodiments, a slider includes a single layer heating circuit including at least two heating element resistors.