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US 8,477,455 B2Granted
Noise and particle shield for contact sensor in a slider
AssigneeHGST Netherlands B.V.
InventorsMasaru Furukawa, Yuki Shimizu, Junguo Xu, Yohji Maruyama, Takayoshi Ohtsu, Toshiya Shiramatsu
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Abstract
A slider comprising a contact sensor element configured to respond to a change in resistance due to a change in temperature, and a shield structure. The shield structure comprises a lower thermal conductivity than the contact sensor element and a greater hardness than the contact sensor element.
Claims6
A slider comprising:
- a main body portion;
- a contact sensor element comprising a power supply electrode electrically coupled with a resistor, said resistor electrically coupled with said main body portion, said contact sensor element coupled with said main body portion and configured to respond to a change in resistance due to a change in temperature;
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- a shield structure, wherein said shield structure comprises a lower thermal conductivity than said contact sensor element and a greater hardness than said contact sensor element, wherein said shield structure is electrically coupled with said main body portion of said slider.
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