Issued Patents All Time
Showing 1–25 of 57 patents
| Patent # | Title | Co-Inventors | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8338006 | Magnetic recording disk having pre-patterned surface features and planarized surface | Qing Dai, Xing-Cai Guo, Dan S. Kercher | 2012-12-25 |
| 8331049 | Detecting touch down and/or assessing quality in a hard disk drive | SungChang Lee, Brian Thornton, Seungmo Kang | 2012-12-11 |
| 8014105 | Method and apparatus for modifying the air bearing force of the trailing edge of a slider to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems | Walton Fong, Donald Ray Gillis, Remmelt Pit | 2011-09-06 |
| 8014106 | Method and apparatus for modifying a dynamic pitch of a slider to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems | Walton Fong, Donald Ray Gillis, Remmelt Pit | 2011-09-06 |
| 7952830 | Method and apparatus for estimating flying height in a hard disk drive | SungChang Lee, Yawshing Tang | 2011-05-31 |
| 7624496 | Method for efficient slider burnishing during drive build | Walton Fong, Donald Ray Gillis, Remmelt Pit | 2009-12-01 |
| 7492539 | Method for controlling a burnish cycle to minimize cycle time | Walton Fong, Donald Ray Gillis, Vedantham Raman, Kris Schouterden | 2009-02-17 |
| 7486457 | Method and apparatus for predicting write failure resulting from flying height modulation | David H. Jen | 2009-02-03 |
| 7480115 | Magnetic disk drive with heater to control flying height and manufacturing method thereof | Ono Hiroyuki, Hideaki Tanaka, Masayuki Kurita | 2009-01-20 |
| 7417209 | Recording disk drive with reduced noise thermal flyheight control | John Contreras, Takashi Ikeda, Yumi Nagano, Nobumasa Nishiyama, Toyomi Ohsawa | 2008-08-26 |
| 7364307 | Method and system for a beam projector having data manipulation capabilities | Norbert A. Feliss, Donald Ray Gillis | 2008-04-29 |
| 7352530 | Method and apparatus for reducing a suspension gram load to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems | Walton Fong, Remmelt Pit | 2008-04-01 |
| 7345850 | Method and apparatus for utilizing an off-center gimbal to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems | Walton Fong, Donald Ray Gillis, Remmelt Pit | 2008-03-18 |
| 7336434 | Predictive failure analysis of thermal flying height control system and method | Jeffrey S. Lille | 2008-02-26 |
| 7329005 | Method and system for a beam projector having an audio capability device | Norbert A. Feliss, Donald Ray Gillis | 2008-02-12 |
| 7289169 | Storage of projected presentations | — | 2007-10-30 |
| 7278902 | Enabling location specific burnishing of a disk | Masayuki Kurita, Remmelt Pit, Shozo Saegusa, Toshiya Shiramatsu, Hideaki Tanaka | 2007-10-09 |
| 7236330 | Disk head stability system | — | 2007-06-26 |
| 7230780 | Method, apparatus and program storage device for providing protrusion feedback for a read/write element | — | 2007-06-12 |
| 7224547 | Increasing head-disk interface reliability using controlled heating | — | 2007-05-29 |
| 7199982 | Eliminating ESD exposure for read/write head with heating element | — | 2007-04-03 |
| 7190543 | Method and apparatus for optimizing flying height control using heated sliders | — | 2007-03-13 |
| 7153192 | Method for selectively sensing and removing asperities from hard disk drive media utilizing active thermally controlled flying heights | Masayuki Kurita, Remmelt Pit, Shozo Saegusa, Toshiya Shiramatsu, Hideaki Tanaka | 2006-12-26 |
| 7153193 | System and apparatus for selectively sensing and removing asperities from hard disk drive media utilizing active thermally controlled flying heights | Masayuki Kurita, Remmelt Pit, Shozo Saegusa, Toshiya Shiramatsu, Hideaki Tanaka | 2006-12-26 |
| 7146710 | Two stage lubrication process for disk drive | Walton Fong, Donald Ray Gillis, Remmelt Pit | 2006-12-12 |