IP Library Granted Patent US 5,872,676
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US 5,872,676 · App. 08/582,555

Method and apparatus for positioning a dual element magnetoresistive head using thermal signals

Inventors: Gordon James Smith, Hal Hjalmar Ottesen
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Granted: Feb 16, 1999 Filed: Jan 2, 1996
Inventors
Gordon James Smith
Hal Hjalmar Ottesen
Assignee (at issue)
International Business Machines Corporation

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Patent No.
US 5,872,676
App. No.
08/582,555
Filed
1996-01-02
Granted
1999-02-16
Kind
A