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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Erik J. Hutchinson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Paul J. Sonda, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Richard E. Martin, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/60 (2006.01); G11B 5/31 (2006.01); G11B 5/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/3133 (2013.01); G11B 5/29 (2013.01); G11B 5/314 (2013.01); G11B 5/607 (2013.01);
Abstract
Implementations described and claimed herein includes a storage device comprising a transducer heat including at least one pair of read/write elements and a heat shaped to thermally protrude regions of the transducer head including the read/write elements. According to one implementation, the heat element includes at least one conductive portion of locally decreased resistance proximal to and between the pair of read/write elements to direct the thermally protruded close point away from a midpoint between the read/write elements.