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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2013
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Victor Boris Sapozhnikov, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Taras Grigoryevich Pokhil, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Mohammed Sharia Ullah Patwari, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cuperino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/39 (2006.01); G11B 5/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/11 (2013.01); G11B 5/3912 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus disclosed herein comprises a magnetically free layer and a bottom shield, wherein a first portion of the bottom shield substantially adjacent the free layer is pinned perpendicular to an air-bearing surface (ABS) of the apparatus and a second portion of the bottom shield not substantially adjacent the free layer is pinned parallel to the ABS of the apparatus.