Issued Patents All Time
Showing 26–50 of 57 patents
| Patent # | Title | Co-Inventors | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7126777 | Disk drive with selectable power source for heater in a slider | Karl A. Flechsig | 2006-10-24 |
| 7124625 | Glide-height disk-tester and method of operation | Masayuki Kurita, Remmelt Pit, Shozo Saegusa, Toshiya Shiramatsu, Hideaki Tanaka | 2006-10-24 |
| 7119979 | Measurement of slider clearance by inducing collision of the slider with disk surface | Walton Fong, Donald Ray Gillis, Bernhard E. Knigge, Remmelt Pit | 2006-10-10 |
| 7072136 | Method and apparatus for dynamically establishing pitch static attitude in hard disk drive | Remmelt Pit | 2006-07-04 |
| 7054084 | Method, apparatus and program storage device for sensing increased resistance changes in an MR element to detect MR sensor events | Walton Fong, Remmelt Pit | 2006-05-30 |
| 7012788 | Spacer ring for disk drive spindle with load/unload feature, latch feature, and tribological overcoat | Donald Ray Gillis | 2006-03-14 |
| 7009801 | Method and apparatus for dynamically establishing roll static attitude in hard disk drive | Remmelt Pit | 2006-03-07 |
| 6972919 | Increasing head-disk interface reliability using controlled heating | — | 2005-12-06 |
| 6937419 | Method and apparatus for recovering load/unload zone real estate on data storage media in data storage devices to increase a data storage capacity thereof | Donald Ray Gillis | 2005-08-30 |
| 6934101 | Method and apparatus using reverse disk rotation to achieve slider contact with a disk surface | Walton Fong, Donald Ray Gillis, Remmelt Pit, Kris Schouterden | 2005-08-23 |
| 6917496 | Spacer ring for disk drive spindle with load/unload feature, latch feature, and tribological overcoat | Donald Ray Gillis | 2005-07-12 |
| 6778360 | Electrostatic discharge device in a disk drive providing a conductive path between a slider and the disk drive housing thereby protecting against electrostatic discharge | Donald Ray Gillis | 2004-08-17 |
| 6754024 | System and method for reducing the accumulation of actuator bearing grease in hard disk drives | Mike L. Ramirez, Charles S. Spencer, Jr. | 2004-06-22 |
| 6683743 | Method for controlling the velocity of an actuator arm in a hard disk drive | Donald Ray Gillis, Kris Schouterden | 2004-01-27 |
| 6680811 | System and method for enhancing load/unload performance of low-flying heads in a disk drive | Donald Ray Gillis | 2004-01-20 |
| 6574074 | Air bearing surface design for inducing roll-bias during load/unload sequence | Sanford A. Bolasna | 2003-06-03 |
| 6560074 | Offset limiter for reducing potential of disk damage during unload sequence in load/unload disk drive | Donald Ray Gillis | 2003-05-06 |
| 6549378 | Magnetic disk drive with offset load/unload tab | Donald Ray Gillis | 2003-04-15 |
| 6501624 | Multiple zone data storage system and method | Donald Ray Gillis, David H. Jen | 2002-12-31 |
| 6459550 | Active damping control for a disk drive | Donald Ray Gillis | 2002-10-01 |
| 6421205 | Recessed slider trailing edge for reducing stiction | Lee K. Dorius, Donald Ray Gillis, Owen Melroy, Vedantham Raman, Richard L. Stover | 2002-07-16 |
| 6301073 | Device for preventing mechanical shock-induced damage between actuator and disk in computer hard disk drive | Donald Ray Gillis | 2001-10-09 |
| 6288876 | Melting and refreezing method for smothing and load/unloading lift tab for disk drive smoothed lift tab and gimbal assembly and data storage device incorporating smoothed lift tab | Thomas R. Albrecht, William J. Kozlovsky, Gurinder Singh | 2001-09-11 |
| 6266199 | Method of apparatus to characterize and limit the effect of disk damage in a hard disk drive | Donald Ray Gillis, Richard Kroeker, Reinhard F. Wolter | 2001-07-24 |
| 6246534 | Hard disk drive with lube on demand actuators | Donald Ray Gillis | 2001-06-12 |