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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2011
Applicants:
Toshiki Hirano, San Jose, CA (US);
Fu-ying Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Jia-yang Juang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Barry Cushing Stipe, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Toshiki Hirano, San Jose, CA (US);
Fu-Ying Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Jia-Yang Juang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Barry Cushing Stipe, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
HGST Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 11/00 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01); G11B 5/31 (2006.01); G11B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/6088 (2013.01); G11B 5/3106 (2013.01); G11B 5/3133 (2013.01); G11B 5/314 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system according to one embodiment includes a slider adapted for use in a hard disk drive; and a laser coupled to a slider, wherein electrical contacts of the laser are positioned towards or face the slider, wherein light from the laser is emitted towards the slider, wherein the slider acts as a heat sink for the laser.