Granted Patent
Utility
US 5,739,972 · App. 08/581,981
Method and apparatus for positioning a magnetoresistive head using thermal response to servo information on the record medium
Inventors:
Gordon James Smith, Hal Hjalmar Ottesen
Patented Case
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Granted: Apr 14, 1998
Filed: Jan 2, 1996
Inventors
Gordon James Smith
Hal Hjalmar Ottesen
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