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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2015
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Allen Seigler, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Sharat Batra, Plymouth, MN (US);
William Albert Challener, Scotia, NY (US);
Hua Zhou, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/484 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetic recording apparatus includes a write element and an optical device for heating a portion of a magnetic medium. The optical device and the write element are arranged to generally prevent the write element from affecting the optical fields generated by the optical device.