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Combined slider and head for reading or writing information on a disk

Granted 10 Jun 2003 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Tdk Corporation · originally TDK Corporation

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Inventors: Isamu Sato, Yoshimitsu Wada, Tetsuya Roppongi, Takeshi Wada · Examiner: M. H. Tung · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/116,102
filed 23 Dec 1999
Publication
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US D475716
granted 10 Jun 2003

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top and left front…

FIG. 1 is a top and left front perspective view of a combined slider and head for reading or writing information on a disk showing our design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof.

The protions of the design neither shown in the figures nor described in the specification form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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D14/474D14/432

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