IP Library Granted Patent US 6,721,138
Granted Patent Utility
US 6,721,138 · App. 09/999,694

Inductive transducer with stitched pole tip and pedestal defining zero throat height

Inventors: Yingjian Chen, Xizeng Shi, Hugh C. Hiner, Zi-Wen Dong, Francis H. Liu, Matthew R. Gibbons, Joyce Thompson, William D. Jensen, Chester Xiaowen Chien, Yugang Wang
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Granted: Apr 13, 2004 Filed: Oct 24, 2001
Inventors
Yingjian Chen
Xizeng Shi
Hugh C. Hiner
Zi-Wen Dong
Francis H. Liu
Matthew R. Gibbons
Joyce Thompson
William D. Jensen
Chester Xiaowen Chien
Yugang Wang
Assignee (at issue)
WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT), LLC

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 6,721,138
App. No.
09/999,694
Filed
2001-10-24
Granted
2004-04-13
Kind
B1