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Devices including metal layer

US10192573B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7Claims

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Assignee

Seagate Technology LLC · US

Inventors

Yuhang Cheng · Edina, US
Ed F. Rejda · Bloomington, US
Andrew J. Boyne · Town of West Hartford, US
Kurt W. Wierman · Eden Prairie, US
Michael Allen Seigler · Eden Prairie, US
Scott Franzen · Savage, US
Jie Gong · Eden Prairie, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 17, 2016
Grant date	Jan 29, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 17, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B2005/0021
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Devices having an air bearing surface (ABS), the devices include a write pole; a near field transducer (NFT) including a peg and a disc, wherein the peg is at the ABS of the device; an overcoat, the overcoat including a low surface energy layer.

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