The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2015
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Declan Macken, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jason Bryce Gadbois, Shakopee, MN (US);
Timothy William Stoebe, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Narayanan Ramakrishnan, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a slider of a recording head comprising a plurality of electrical bond pads coupled to bias sources and a ground pad. Each of a plurality of electrical components of the slider is coupled to at least one of the electrical bond pads. At least one of the electrical bond pads is a shared electrical bond pad coupled to at least two of the electrical components. At least one diode is coupled to at least one of the electrical bond pads and at least one of the electrical components.