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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
May. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Xin Cao, Londonderry, GB;
Frances Paula McElhinney, Derry, GB;
Jiansheng Xu, Derry, GB;
Marcus Winston Ormston, Derry, GB;
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/127 (2006.01); G11B 5/187 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/1871 (2013.01); G11B 5/1272 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data reader can be configured with at least a magnetically responsive lamination that has a first portion with a first stripe height from an air bearing surface (ABS) and a second portion with a different second stripe height from the ABS. The first portion can be constructed to have a back edge surface shaped at a predetermined angle relative to the ABS by a back edge feature.