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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Muhammad Asif Bashir, Londonderry, GB;
JianHua Xue, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Beverley Rutherford McConnell, Derry, GB;
Shengzhou Liao, Londonderry, GB;
Wei Tian, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Prim Gangmei, Londonderry, GB;
Swaraj Basu, Londonderry, GB;
Mark Anthony Gubbins, Letterkenny, IE;
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A data storage device employing a data writer may configure the data writer with at least a write pole that is separated from a front shield on an air bearing surface. The front shield can be arranged to continuously extend from the air bearing surface a first throat height distal the write pole and a second throat height proximal the write pole with the first and second throat heights being different.