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

Granted 27 Apr 2004 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Tdk Corporation · originally TDK Corporation

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

Application
29/148,385
filed 20 Sep 2001
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US D489075
granted 27 Apr 2004

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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 elevation view thereof.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/474

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