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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2013
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Xiaohang Kong, Londonderry, IE;
Neil Zuckerman, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Erik Hutchinson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Raul Andruet, Woodbury, MN (US);
Dion Song, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Christopher Rea, Edina, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A recording head that includes at least one protection feature that prevents at least one other feature of the recording head from directly colliding with a data storage medium with which the recording head communicates. The recording head includes a transducer element having a leading edge and a trailing edge. The recording head also includes a transducer element heater located closer to the leading edge of the transducer element than the trailing edge of the transducer element. A contact pad is interposed between the leading edge of the transducer element and the transducer element heater to prevent the transducer element from directly colliding with the data storage medium.