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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:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2010
Applicants:
Masayuki Kurita, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiya Shiramatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuki Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HGST Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A HDD including a magnetic disk, a magnetic head, an embedded contact sensor embedded in the magnetic head and configured to detect a contact between the magnetic disk and the magnetic head, and TFC embedded in the magnetic head and configured to facilitate in detecting the contact between the magnetic disk and said magnetic head.