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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2012
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Victor Boris Sapozhnikov, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Mohammed Shariat Ullah Patwari, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Shaun Eric McKinlay, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Konstantin Rudolfovich Nikolaev, Bloomington, MN (US);
Eric Walter Singleton, Maple Plain, MN (US);
Jae-Young Yi, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/39 (2006.01); G11B 5/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/11 (2013.01); G11B 5/3912 (2013.01); G11B 5/3932 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments may be generally directed to a data storage device with at least a magnetic element having a magnetic stack positioned adjacent to and separated from at least one side shield on an air bearing surface (ABS). The side shield can be configured with a predetermined anisotropy variation along a down-track direction.