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US 7,804,656 B2Granted
Light delivery technique for heat assisted magnetic recording head
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsKevin Arthur Gomez, William Albert Challener, Ravishankar Ajjanagadde Shivarama, Patrick Breckow Chu
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a load beam, a slider coupled to the load beam by a gimbal assembly and including an optical transducer, an optical fiber for transmitting light directly toward the transducer, and a mounting structure for adjusting the position of an end of the optical fiber. Data storage devices that include the apparatus are also included.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a load beam;
- a slider coupled to the load beam by a gimbal assembly and including an optical transducer;
- an optical fiber;
- and
- a mounting structure connected to the optical fiber and positioning an end of the optical fiber such that light is transmitted from the optical fiber directly toward the optical transducer.
2 more elements
An apparatus comprising:
- a motor for rotating a storage medium;
- a suspension arm including a load beam for positioning an optical transducer adjacent to a surface of the storage medium;
- a slider coupled to the load beam by a gimbal assembly and including the optical transducer;
- an optical fiber;
- and
- a mounting structure connected to the optical fiber and positioning an end of the optical fiber such that light is transmitted from the optical fiber directly toward the optical transducer.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.