ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,920, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Magnecomp Corp. (Murrieta, Calif.).
"Load beam limiter tabs for HAMR head slider protection" was invented by Long Zhang (Winchester, Calif.), Kuen Chee Ee (Chino, Calif.) and David Glaess (Bangkok).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of a load beam are provided. The load beam includes a base portion with an opening at a distal end. The opening is configured to receive a heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) head slider extending therethrough. The load beam also includes at least one load beam tab such that the load beam tab is further away from the base portion and a top surface of the HAMR ...