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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Huiwen Liu, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
David Wobbe, Wabasha, MN (US);
Xuan Zheng, Savage, MN (US);
Timothy William Stoebe, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 19/02 (2006.01); G11B 20/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 20/1816 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible member is coupled between an actuator arm and a slider. The flexible member facilitates relative motion in a tangential direction of a rotating medium. The relative motion is detected via a displacement sensor, and a friction between the slider and the rotating medium is determined based on the sensed relative motion.