Patent ID: 7957093
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A data recording component, comprising: read and write transducers mounted on a head, the read transducer having a reader edge protrusion relative to the head and the write transducer having a writer tip protrusion relative to the head; a Peltier device that is mounted on the head and that generates an internal heat flow that is internal to the Peltier device between first and second Peltier junctions; a first thermal conductor that conducts a first external heat flow along a first heat conduction path between the first junction and the read transducer, and a second thermal conductor that conducts a second external heat flow along a second heat conduction path, separate from the first heat conduction path, between the second junction and the write transducer; a controlled current source that provides a current to the Peltier device, the current changing polarity to change directions of the internal and external heat flows.