Inventor

SCHRECK ERHARD

US113 patents

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SCHRECK ERHARD

MAXTOR CORP

Mobile hard disk drive free fall detection and protection

Method of operating read and write transducers by controlling thermal actuation

Disk drive with performance driven head-to-disk spacing

System for detecting a change in head-to-disk contact status in a disk drive

Disk drive that refreshes data on portions of a disk based on a number of write operations thereto

Disk drive that positions a head at multiple head-to-disk spacings

Method and system for dual element transducer flight height adjustment using combined thermal and electrostatic control

Monitoring of phenomena indicative of PTP in a magnetic disk drive

Slider with independent fly-height adjustment of reader and writer

Method of determining side track erasure in a disk drive

Hindering PTP in a hard disk

Method and apparatus for generating high quality real random numbers using a disk drive

Load/unload-type disk drive slider having a negative pressure reduction hole

Firmware controlled backup in disk drives

Pseudo raid implementation within a single disk drive

System for monitoring and dynamically adjusting head-to-disk spacing in a disk drive

Method for adjusting head-to-disk spacing in a disk drive

HGST Netherlands BV

Heat sink for a spin torque oscillator (STO) in microwave assisted magnetic recording (MAMR)

Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) write head with protective film for near-field transducer

TAR temperature sensor having faster response time

Dual thermal sensor for HAMR waveguide power monitor and integration with the contact sensor

Slider embedded photodetector for optical power monitoring in heat assisted magnetic recording

Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) disk drive with fly-height sensing

Recessing a near field transducer in a heat-assisted magnetic recording head

Implementing contact sensing with near field transducer (NFT) and in-drive NFT characterization diagnostics in heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) HDD

Combined micro heater and waveguide power sensor for heat-assisted magnetic recording

E-antenna near field transducer with thermal shunt to return pole

Intra-zone wear leveling for heat-assisted magnetic recording—shingled magnetic recording (HAMR-SMR) type storage devices

Write current and media heater control for heat or microwave assisted magnetic recording

Method for controlling writing in a thermally-assisted recording (TAR) disk drive with thermal fly-height control

Near field transducer having notch diffusion barrier

Hard disk drive head-disk interface dithering

SCHRECK ERHARD

System and method for maintaining a low density gas environment in a disk drive

Directional waveguide coupler for ABS reflected light

Vertically stacked DFH heater design for protrusion shape control

Thermally-assisted magnetic recording head capable of reducing the transient protrusion of an antenna

Thermally-assisted magnetic recording head having main waveguide and sub-waveguides

ZHOU YUCHEN

Magnetic core plasmon antenna with recessed plasmon layer

Plasmon antenna with magnetic core for thermally assisted magnetic recording

Magnetic core plasmon antenna with improved coupling efficiency

HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC

Plasmon shield to shape and reduce optical spot

Power control of TAMR element during read/write transition

Electric field assisted magnetic recording

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC

Method and system for determining slider-disk contact in a magnetic recording disk drive with dual fly-height actuators

Magnetic storage device with heat-assisted magnetic storage head and associated method of manufacture

Burst writing for clearance calibration in a heat assisted magnetic data recording system

JIN XUHUI

Plasmon shield to shape and reduce optical spot

Shaped plasmon generators for thermally-assisted magnetic recording

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH

Frictional heat assisted recording

RICHTER HANS J

Tar with write-synchronized laser modulation