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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/36 (2006.01); G11B 21/02 (2006.01); G11B 5/09 (2006.01); G11B 5/455 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/455 (2013.01); G11B 5/607 (2013.01);
Abstract
Technologies are described herein for recovering an instable head in a storage device using an internal head heater. An instability in the reader head may be detected, and, in response to detecting the instability, a thermal shock may be applied to the reader head utilizing the head heater to recover the head.