Dual writer head design

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9773517
APP PUB NO 20160148629A1
SERIAL NO

14685417

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A storage device includes a transducer head with multiple write elements having write poles of different sizes. For example, the transducer head may include two write poles of different width configured to write to a same surface of a storage medium. A controller of the storage device is configured to selectively engage one of the multiple write elements to write data to the storage medium.

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  • SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chen, Yonghua Edina, US 67 477
Gage, Edward Lakeville, US 23 397
Gao, Kaizhong North Oaks, US 169 4033
Yin, Huaqing Eden Prairie, US 59 458

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