US Patent Issued to Seagate Technology on March 3 for "Energy-assisted recording head having coated nanorod near-field transducer" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,439, issued on March 3, was assigned to Seagate Technology LLC (Fremont, Calif.).

"Energy-assisted recording head having coated nanorod near-field transducer" was invented by Manish Kapoor (Minneapolis) and Jason B. Gadbois (Shakopee, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A near-field transducer for an energy-assisted, magnetic recording head includes a first part comprising a first plasmonic material. The first part has an enlarged portion configured to receive optical energy from a waveguide and a narrowed portion that receives and channels the optical energy to a recording medium. The near-field transducer includes a second part co...