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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Hgst Netherlands B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Inventors:
Kyo Akagi, Fucyu, JP;
Takayuki Ichihara, Setagaya-Ku, JP;
Masafumi Mochizuki, Chigasaki, JP;
Hiroyasu Tanabe, Kounan-Ku, JP;
Assignee:
HGST Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/02 (2006.01); G11B 5/09 (2006.01); G11B 5/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/09 (2013.01); G11B 5/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
The embodiments of the present invention relate to a shingled magnetic recording system having a magnetic recording medium that has a magnetization easy axis in the recording layer of the medium that is oriented in from the bottom surface to the top surface of the recording layer. Additionally, a magnetization easy axis in the recording layer of the medium is inclined with respect to the recording track width direction.