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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vasudevan Ramaswamy, Edina, MN (US);
Erik Jon Hutchinson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/31 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/314 (2013.01); G11B 5/3133 (2013.01); G11B 5/607 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device including a magnetic transducer; top and bottom magnetic shields, wherein the top and bottom magnetic shields are adjacent the magnetic transducer on opposite surfaces thereof; a heating element configured to provide heating along a heating path towards the first and second magnetic shields; and a low thermal conductivity structure, wherein at least a portion of the low thermal conductivity structure is positioned along the heating path between the heating element and the magnetic transducer.