Inventor
CATES JAMES C
US23 patents
Patents
23 patentsUS6038108AMar 14, 2000
Magnetic tape head assembly having segmented heads
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US6683749B2Jan 27, 2004
Magnetic transducer having inverted write element with zero delta in pole tip width
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US5963400AOct 5, 1999
Thin film tape head including split top pole
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US6236525B1May 22, 2001
Tape head with pattern timing for servo writing application
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US6522490B1Feb 18, 2003
Servo writer having slanted timing pattern read and write heads
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US6445537B1Sep 3, 2002
Protective film for minimization of shield and pole tip recession in thin film shielded read heads and write heads
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP17 citations92
US5963401AOct 5, 1999
Magnetic tape head assembly including modules having a plurality of magneto-resistive head elements
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US7130140B1Oct 31, 2006
Polarity encoded pattern for timing based servo
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US5784772AJul 28, 1998
Method of simultaneously forming MR sensors in a dual element MR head
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US7139141B1Nov 21, 2006
System and method for read/write optimization
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US6788497B1Sep 7, 2004
Protective film for minimization of shield and pole tip recession in thin film shielded read heads and write heads
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP12 citations74
US5855056AJan 5, 1999
Method for fabricating magnetic heads having varying gap lengths on a common wafer
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP14 citations74
US6166870ADec 26, 2000
Method for writing a servo pattern using a writer having a split top pole
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP10 citations72
US5956215ASep 21, 1999
High density thin film coupled element read head with support element to prevent damage to magnetoresistive element
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP12 citations72
US5811018ASep 22, 1998
Magnetic barrier for gap control in interleaved tape head design
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US7212118B1May 1, 2007
Pluggable cartridge memory chip and memory access
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US6819528B1Nov 16, 2004
Asymmetric servo reader placement in bi-directional tape head
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US6934105B1Aug 23, 2005
Tape reposition minimization using multiple reads
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP2 citations63
US6903892B1Jun 7, 2005
Minimization of tape repositions using multiple read elements per track
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP2 citations63
US6191919B1Feb 20, 2001
Magnetic transducer with debris guiding channels having non-vertical sloping walls formed in a tape bearing surface
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP6 citations62
US6563669B1May 13, 2003
Inverted write head with high-precision track width definition
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP6 citations60
US6002554ADec 14, 1999
Multitrack coupled element read head with support structure to eliminate shorting and method for manufacturing same
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP5 citations58
US6764006B1Jul 20, 2004
Apparatus and/or method to reduce bias current for MR reader during read only operation
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP2 citations56