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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
May. 28, 2013
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael Allen Seigler, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Mark William Covington, Edina, MN (US);
Michael Leigh Mallary, Harmony, PA (US);
Hua Zhou, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Amit Vasant Itagi, Seven Fields, PA (US);
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a waveguide having a core layer and an end adjacent to an air bearing surface, first and second poles magnetically coupled to each other and positioned on opposite sides of the waveguide, wherein the first pole includes a first portion spaced from the waveguide and a second portion extending from the first portion toward the air bearing surface, with the second portion being structured such that an end of the second portion is closer to the core layer of the waveguide than the first portion, and a heat sink positioned adjacent to the second portion of the first pole.