Issued Patents All Time
Showing 25 most recent of 29 patents
| Patent # | Title | Co-Inventors | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12190922 | Method for forming a HAMR recording head with a protruding near-field transducer | Michael Allen Seigler, Peng Zhang, David J. Ellison, Edwin F. Rejda | 2025-01-07 |
| 11763847 | Heat-assisted magnetic recording head, and related methods | David J. Ellison, Neil Zuckerman, Edwin F. Rejda, Joseph Michael Stephan | 2023-09-19 |
| 11222657 | Heat-assisted magnetic recording head with a near-field transducer extending beyond the media-facing surface | Michael Allen Seigler, Peng Zhang, David J. Ellison, Edwin F. Rejda | 2022-01-11 |
| 10529364 | Heat-assisted removal of head contamination | John L. Brand | 2020-01-07 |
| 10482908 | Performance monitoring of a near-field transducer of a heat-assisted magnetic recording slider | Riyan Alex Mendonsa, Jon D. Trantham, Peng Li, Joshua Ward Christensen | 2019-11-19 |
| 10408674 | Laser power monitoring in a heat-assisted magnetic recording device using a resistive sensor and high-frequency laser modulation | John Charles Duda, Patrick Carl Fletcher, Andrei Dorobantu, Jon D. Trantham | 2019-09-10 |
| 10373632 | Heat-assisted removal of head contamination | John L. Brand | 2019-08-06 |
| 10366722 | Laser mode hop detection in a heat-assisted magnetic recording device using a slider sensor and laser modulation | Riyan Alex Mendonsa, Joshua Ward Christensen, Jon D. Trantham, Chad Barry, Tim Rausch | 2019-07-30 |
| 10240975 | Laser power monitoring in a heat-assisted magnetic recording device using a resistive sensor and high-frequency laser modulation | John Charles Duda, Patrick Carl Fletcher, Andrei Dorobantu, Jon D. Trantham | 2019-03-26 |
| 10204655 | Heat-assisted magnetic recording device capable of preventing contaminant on the head | Minjie Ma, Tim Rausch, Edward Charles Gage, Paul M. Jones, Yang Yang | 2019-02-12 |
| 10147454 | Heat-assisted magnetic recording device capable of detecting degradation of NFT by measuring back-heat from medium | Riyan Alex Mendonsa, Jon D. Trantham, Peng Li, Joshua Ward Christensen | 2018-12-04 |
| 10002631 | Head-medium contact detection using a thermal sensor heated by multiple heat generating components of a slider | Zhen Wei, Neil Zuckerman, John Charles Duda, Eric Montei | 2018-06-19 |
| 9865292 | Contact detection using modulated writer coil current for a heat-assisted magnetic recording slider | Neil Zuckerman | 2018-01-09 |
| 9799358 | Detection and remediation of head contamination | Jon D. Trantham | 2017-10-24 |
| 9508368 | Slider for heat assisted magnetic recording including a thermal sensor for monitoring laser power | Edward Charles Gage, Lifu Zhou, Michael Allen Seigler, William Albert Challener, Kaizhong Gao | 2016-11-29 |
| 9318142 | Laser modulation for magnetic recording apparatus | — | 2016-04-19 |
| 9202499 | Contact detection using laser modulation | Karl H. Scheppers, Declan Macken, Michael Thomas Johnson | 2015-12-01 |
| 9177577 | Multi-purpose near-field transducer having a temperature coefficient of resistance | Declan Macken | 2015-11-03 |
| 9040125 | Covalently bound monolayer for a protective carbon overcoat | Paul M. Jones, Xiaoping Yan, Lei Li, Christopher L. Platt, Michael J. Stirniman +2 more | 2015-05-26 |
| 9042210 | Multi-purpose near-field transducer having a temperature coefficient of resistance | Declan Macken | 2015-05-26 |
| 9030773 | Sensing temperature at a slider protrusion region | Declan Macken, Manuel Charles Anaya-Dufresne | 2015-05-12 |
| 9019646 | Heat assisted magnetic recording device with pre-heated write element | Tim Rausch, Jon D. Trantham, John W. Dykes, Housan Dakroub, Charles Paul Henry +5 more | 2015-04-28 |
| 8837071 | Sensing temperature at a slider protrusion region | Declan Macken, Manuel Charles Anaya-Dufresne | 2014-09-16 |
| 8771850 | Carbon-deuterium protective overcoat layer | Paul M. Jones, Christopher L. Platt, Emil John C. Esmenda, Lang Nhu Dinh, Junwei Huang | 2014-07-08 |
| 8518563 | Covalently bound monolayer for a protective carbon overcoat | Paul M. Jones, Xiaoping Yan, Lei Li, Christopher L. Platt, Michael J. Stirniman +2 more | 2013-08-27 |