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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vincent Engelkes, Maple Grove, MN (US);
David Ellison, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Timothy Stoebe, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 23/50 (2006.01); G11B 25/04 (2006.01); G11B 33/14 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 23/505 (2013.01); G11B 5/6005 (2013.01); G11B 25/043 (2013.01); G11B 33/1446 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cleaning head and methods for removing contaminants from a data storage media, the cleaning head having a cleaning surface comprising a self-assembled monolayer, with the cleaning surface leading a read/write transducer. The self-assembled monolayer is selected to have a terminal functional group that has a high affinity to the contaminant(s) desired to be attracted and/or removed.