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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Tdk Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TDK CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/31 (2006.01); G11B 5/39 (2006.01); G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/3929 (2013.01); G11B 5/314 (2013.01); G11B 5/3912 (2013.01); G11B 5/4826 (2013.01); G11B 5/4833 (2013.01); G11B 5/607 (2013.01);
Abstract
This thin film magnetic head includes: a magnetic pole including an end surface exposed on an air bearing surface; and a heating element including a first branch and a second branch and configured to heat a vicinity of the magnetic pole. The first branch and the second branch each expand along a stacking surface and are coupled in parallel to each other. The stacking surface intersects the air bearing surface.