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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel W. Olson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Declan Macken, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Timothy William Stoebe, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/60 (2006.01); G11B 33/14 (2006.01); G11B 5/40 (2006.01); G11B 5/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/607 (2013.01); G11B 5/6094 (2013.01); G11B 33/14 (2013.01); G11B 33/144 (2013.01); G11B 33/1406 (2013.01); G11B 5/40 (2013.01); G11B 5/4853 (2013.01); G11B 33/1433 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a slider body of a disk drive. The slider body is electrically coupled to a plurality of end bond pads. A voltage applied to one more of the end bond pads sets a surface potential of the slider body.