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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2012
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jorge Vicente Hanchi, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Dian Song, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
John Stuart Wright, Edina, MN (US);
Andrew D. White, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A head assembly including one or more transducer elements for controlling head-media spacing is disclosed. The assembly includes detection circuitry configured to receive an input detection signal responsive to the spacing between the head and the data storage media and provide an output measure indicative of the head-media spacing. The output signal is utilized by control circuitry to provide a control input to one of a plurality of transducer elements on the head to protrude a localized portion of the head to adjust head-media spacing.