Issued Patents All Time
Showing 25 most recent of 30 patents
| Patent # | Title | Co-Inventors | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10366719 | Boosted preheat trajectory to obtain desired clearance before writing to disk | Dustin M. Cvancara, Kenneth A. Haapala, Eric John McCalla, Wenzhong Zhu, Bin Huang | 2019-07-30 |
| 10083716 | Laser calibration for heat-assisted magnetic recording head using interleaved laser current | Alfredo Sam Chu, Drew Michael Mader, Joshua Ward Christensen | 2018-09-25 |
| 9990950 | Calibration and adjusting target pre-write clearance offset for a heat-assisted magnetic recording device | Drew Michael Mader, Steven J. Kimble | 2018-06-05 |
| 9875764 | Head-medium contact sensor cleaning for heat-assisted magnetic recording device | — | 2018-01-23 |
| 9824699 | Lumped-parameter thermal model of a write transducer for clearance control on magnetic recording device | Huazhou Lou, Richard E. Martin, Michael DeFeo | 2017-11-21 |
| 9818439 | Determining gamma of a read/write head based on active gain control and test signal amplitude measurements | Huazhou Lou | 2017-11-14 |
| 9704529 | Concurrent laser induced writer protrusion correction and laser writeability calibration | Huazhou Lou | 2017-07-11 |
| 9607649 | Determining write-induced protrusion as a function of laser power using temperature measurements | Huazhou Lou | 2017-03-28 |
| 9595277 | Thermally assisted writer protrusion determination and control | Huazhou Lou | 2017-03-14 |
| 9548072 | Concurrent modulation and frictional heating head disk contact detection | Huazhou Lou, Shawn Stephen Silewski, Dongming Liu, Lin Zhou | 2017-01-17 |
| 9472225 | Heat-assisted magnetic recording head-disk clearance setting | Huazhou Lou | 2016-10-18 |
| 9236081 | Laser temperature calibration in a HAMR device | Alfredo Sam Chu, Drew Michael Mader, Huazhou Lou, Pu-Ling Lu | 2016-01-12 |
| 9202506 | Current boost profile applied to laser during heat-assisted magnetic recording | Drew Michael Mader, Alfredo Sam Chu | 2015-12-01 |
| 8873353 | Estimating narrow, laser-induced protrusion at a near-field transducer | — | 2014-10-28 |
| 7760457 | Resonant channel for head-to-disc contact vibrations | Neal Frank Gunderson, John S. Wright | 2010-07-20 |
| 7742255 | Head-disc interface (HDI) modal response monitoring | Antanas Daugela, Subra Nagarajan, Neal Frank Gunderson, John S. Wright, Stefan Ionescu +4 more | 2010-06-22 |
| 7123448 | Extended alumina basecoat advanced air bearing slider | Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Anthony P. Sannino | 2006-10-17 |
| 7068449 | Slider fly control | Wayne A. Bonin, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou | 2006-06-27 |
| 7068457 | System and method for electrostatic fly height control | Wayne A. Bonin, Lance E. Stover, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Daniel Paul Burbank | 2006-06-27 |
| 7000459 | Strain sensor patterned on MEMS flex arms | Wayne A. Bonin, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Roger L. Hipwell, Jr. | 2006-02-21 |
| 6952330 | Dynamic flying attitude control using augmented gimbal | Markus Mangold, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou | 2005-10-04 |
| 6760182 | Temperature compensated fly height control | Gary Bement, Mark Chapin, Michael D. Mundt | 2004-07-06 |
| 6731463 | Wafer fabrication for thermal pole tip expansion/recession compensation | Jane Gates, Youping Mei, James R. Peterson, Lance E. Stover, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou +1 more | 2004-05-04 |
| 6700724 | Contact detection and calibration for electrostatic fly height control in a disc drive | Lee C. Knippenberg | 2004-03-02 |
| 6654206 | Disc head slider with intermittent contact protection feature | Mary Cynthia Hipwell, Jorge Vicente Hanchi, Anthony P. Sannino, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou | 2003-11-25 |