Active media for heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR)

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8848307
APP PUB NO 20130201805A1
SERIAL NO

13364354

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An apparatus includes a magnetic recording layer and a thermally active material adjacent to and/or embedded in the magnetic recording layer, wherein the thermally active material has a thermal property that changes when the temperature of the thermally active material changes, or undergoes a phase transition in a predetermined temperature range, to reduce a peak temperature or increase a thermal gradient of a heated portion of the magnetic recording layer.

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  • SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Challener, William Glenville, US 1 11
Seigler, Michael Allen Eden Prairie, US 112 2495

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