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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:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
May. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Hgst Netherlands B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Inventors:
Michael K. Grobis, San Jose, CA (US);
Lidu Huang, Danville, CA (US);
Shen Ren, Union City, CA (US);
Hans J. Richter, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Erhard Schreck, San Jose, CA (US);
Barry C. Stipe, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
HGST Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 11/00 (2006.01); G11B 11/105 (2006.01); G11B 5/02 (2006.01); G11B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 11/10536 (2013.01); G11B 5/02 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one general embodiment, an apparatus includes a write pole, a near field transducer, a waveguide for delivering light to the near field transducer, and a first heating device positioned between the write pole and at least one of the waveguide and the near field transducer.