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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:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/31 (2006.01); G11B 5/255 (2006.01); G11B 5/127 (2006.01); G11B 5/012 (2006.01); G11B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/3136 (2013.01); G11B 5/012 (2013.01); G11B 5/1278 (2013.01); G11B 5/255 (2013.01); G11B 5/314 (2013.01); G11B 5/483 (2015.09); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a magnetic head is arranged opposite a magnetic recording medium including a recording layer. The magnetic head includes a magnetic pole, a light emitting unit, and a distance adjusting unit. The magnetic pole includes a soft magnetic material. The light emitting unit is arranged with respect to the magnetic pole in a travel direction of the magnetic head, and emits light with respect to the recording layer. The distance adjusting unit adjusts a distance between the magnetic pole and the light emitting unit.