Inventor
PIT REMMELT
US36 patents
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HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH
15 patentsUS7124625B1Oct 24, 2006
Glide-height disk-tester and method of operation
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH20 citations92
US7119979B2Oct 10, 2006
Measurement of slider clearance by inducing collision of the slider with disk surface
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH21 citations92
US7480120B2Jan 20, 2009
Apparatus and method for damping slider-gimbal coupled vibration of a hard disk drive
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH10 citations84
US7278902B1Oct 9, 2007
Enabling location specific burnishing of a disk
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH14 citations84
US7146710B2Dec 12, 2006
Two stage lubrication process for disk drive
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH12 citations84
US7201719B2Apr 10, 2007
Rechargeable hard disk drive medical monitor
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH12 citations80
US7072136B2Jul 4, 2006
Method and apparatus for dynamically establishing pitch static attitude in hard disk drive
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH8 citations74
US7054084B2May 30, 2006
Method, apparatus and program storage device for sensing increased resistance changes in an MR element to detect MR sensor events
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH8 citations73
US6934101B2Aug 23, 2005
Method and apparatus using reverse disk rotation to achieve slider contact with a disk surface
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH7 citations73
US7268966B2Sep 11, 2007
System and method for adjusting fly heights in a hard disk drive having multiple heads
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH7 citations71
US7009801B2Mar 7, 2006
Method and apparatus for dynamically establishing roll static attitude in hard disk drive
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH5 citations63
US7817286B2Oct 19, 2010
Iteration method to improve the fly height measurement accuracy by optical interference method and theoretical pitch and roll effect
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH2 citations62
US7345850B2Mar 18, 2008
Method and apparatus for utilizing an off-center gimbal to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH4 citations62
US7352530B2Apr 1, 2008
Method and apparatus for reducing a suspension gram load to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH6 citations61
US7624496B2Dec 1, 2009
Method for efficient slider burnishing during drive build
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH0 citations52
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
7 patentsUS9997186B1Jun 12, 2018
Data storage device using performance margin to back off fly height
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC4 citations69
US10283149B2May 7, 2019
Energy-assisted magnetic recording device capable of predicting the usable life of magnetic head
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC5 citations68
US11593204B2Feb 28, 2023
Fleet health management device classification framework
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations67
US11621963B2Apr 4, 2023
Fleet health management corrective action communication exchange
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations60
US11531582B2Dec 20, 2022
Data storage device dynamically relocating data sectors based on map-out value
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations59
US10897273B2Jan 19, 2021
System-level error correction coding allocation based on device population data integrity sharing
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC1 citations58
US11768701B2Sep 26, 2023
Exception analysis for data storage devices
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations46
HGST Netherlands BV
5 patentsUS9070390B2Jun 30, 2015
Modified areal densities for degraded storage device read heads
HGST Netherlands BV13 citations82
US8976480B1Mar 10, 2015
Method to convert and calibrate the embedded contact sensor signal to clearance and spacing information using interface voltage control
HGST Netherlands BV2 citations60
US8824091B2Sep 2, 2014
Media topography driven flying height modulation sensing using embedded contact sensor
HGST Netherlands BV3 citations60
US9542104B2Jan 10, 2017
System and method for controlling a storage device
HGST Netherlands BV1 citations51
US8982504B1Mar 17, 2015
Implementing calibration of cooling sensitivity of embedded contact sensor (ECS) signal using thermal fly-height control (TFC) actuations
HGST Netherlands BV1 citations48
AMBEKAR ROHIT P
2 patentsHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE NETHERL
2 patentsUS7153193B1Dec 26, 2006
System and apparatus for selectively sensing and removing asperities from hard disk drive media utilizing active thermally controlled flying heights
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE NETHERL9 citations73
US7153192B1Dec 26, 2006
Method for selectively sensing and removing asperities from hard disk drive media utilizing active thermally controlled flying heights
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE NETHERL5 citations62
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL
2 patentsUS8014105B2Sep 6, 2011
Method and apparatus for modifying the air bearing force of the trailing edge of a slider to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL0 citations41
US8014106B2Sep 6, 2011
Method and apparatus for modifying a dynamic pitch of a slider to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL0 citations41