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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:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gary J. Kunkel, Minneapolis, MN (US);
David J. Ellison, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ajaykumar Rajasekharan, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/60 (2006.01); G11B 15/64 (2006.01); G11B 17/32 (2006.01); G11B 21/20 (2006.01); G11B 5/41 (2006.01); G11B 5/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/41 (2013.01); G11B 5/6082 (2013.01); G11B 5/3106 (2013.01);
Abstract
A slider, such as for a data storage system, the slider having a leading edge, a trailing edge, an air-bearing surface, and a transducer proximate the trailing edge. The slider has a low surface energy coating on the air-bearing surface and a high surface energy coating on the transducer. In some embodiments, the high surface energy coating is present on a contact sensor.