Inventor
BOUTAGHOU ZINE-EDDINE
US288 patents
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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
29 patentsUS7466520B2Dec 16, 2008
Co-located microactuator lever assembly
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC58 citations98
US7038875B2May 2, 2006
Dynamic measurement of head media spacing modulation
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC130 citations98
US6198606B1Mar 6, 2001
Disc drive actuation system having an injection molded magnetic micro-actuator with metal beam inserts and its method of fabrication
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC122 citations98
US6188547B1Feb 13, 2001
Slider with pressure relief trenches
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC83 citations98
US6570730B1May 27, 2003
Shear-based transducer for HDD read/write element height control
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC89 citations97
US6501606B2Dec 31, 2002
Fly height control for a read/write head over patterned media
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC98 citations97
US6735055B1May 11, 2004
Microactuator structure with vibration attenuation properties
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC56 citations96
US6700727B1Mar 2, 2004
Slider and method for actively controlling crown curvature
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC69 citations96
US6493192B2Dec 10, 2002
Disc drive with improved head pitch adjustment
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC58 citations96
US6462909B1Oct 8, 2002
Disc head slider having wear-resistant pads for enhanced damping
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC63 citations96
US6459260B1Oct 1, 2002
Head suspension assembly for testing a slider
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC90 citations96
US6153281ANov 28, 2000
Magnetic media with permanently defined non-magnetic tracks and servo-patterns
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC65 citations96
US6661617B1Dec 9, 2003
Structure and fabrication process for integrated moving-coil magnetic micro-actuator
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC69 citations95
US6624984B2Sep 23, 2003
Fly height control slider with crown and cross curve de-coupling
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC70 citations94
US6296552B1Oct 2, 2001
Burnishing head with fly height control spacer
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC54 citations94
US6876509B2Apr 5, 2005
Integrated electrostatic slider fly height control
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC44 citations93
US6851120B2Feb 1, 2005
Micro-actuator structure for improved stability
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC20 citations93
US6775089B1Aug 10, 2004
Electrostatic slider fly height control
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC23 citations93
US6717776B2Apr 6, 2004
Adjustable fly height control using an adjustable head actuator assembly
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC44 citations93
US6590747B1Jul 8, 2003
Seal for micro-electro-mechanical devices
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC18 citations93
US6568252B1May 27, 2003
Flyability and glide methodology for 100 GPSI
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC24 citations93
US6535359B1Mar 18, 2003
Inertial latch for mobile and small disc drives
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC28 citations93
US6490134B2Dec 3, 2002
Patterned and directional selective roughening of a slider air-bearing surface
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC22 citations93
US6452752B1Sep 17, 2002
Slider for disc storage system
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC24 citations93
US6414823B1Jul 2, 2002
Coil-structures for magnetic microactuator
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC43 citations93
US6359758B1Mar 19, 2002
Rigid body microactuator having elastic joint attachment
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC43 citations93
US6311551B1Nov 6, 2001
Method for determining characteristics of an asperity based upon detection members having a unique vibration frequency
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC38 citations93
US6160683ADec 12, 2000
Slider for disc storage system
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC44 citations93
US6157515ADec 5, 2000
Texturing of herringbone air and fluid bearings
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC27 citations93
IBM
12 patentsUS5521778AMay 28, 1996
Disk drive with primary and secondary actuator drives
IBM213 citations99
US5455723AOct 3, 1995
Method and apparatus for ramp load and unload
IBM107 citations99
US5936788AAug 10, 1999
Method and apparatus for ramp load and unload
IBM47 citations96
US5831786ANov 3, 1998
Disk drive having position sensor for ramp load and unload, and method for its use
IBM38 citations96
US5732215AMar 24, 1998
System for equalizing operating temperature by allocating infrequently accessed data to the high temperature DASD and allocating frequently accessed data to the low temperature DASD
IBM54 citations96
US5696649ADec 9, 1997
Elastic insert shroud to provide maximum effective shrouding shock mitigation and filtering in high speed disk drives
IBM94 citations96
US5483398AJan 9, 1996
Compliant vibration isolation housing assembly for a data storage system
IBM44 citations96
US5760998AJun 2, 1998
Disk drive with rotatable bumper blocks
IBM72 citations95
US5703734ADec 30, 1997
Disc drive having an integral gasket and continuous outer perimeter shock bumper
IBM95 citations95
US6556376B1Apr 29, 2003
Integral hub and disk clamp for a disk drive storage device
IBM17 citations93
US6222291B1Apr 24, 2001
Electric motor having axially centered ball bearings
IBM22 citations93
US6108163AAug 22, 2000
Sensitive sensor internally mounted shock for a disk drive
IBM25 citations93
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY
9 patentsUS5898541AApr 27, 1999
Leading surface slider microactuator
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY148 citations98
US5943189AAug 24, 1999
Piezoelectric engageable slider and slider microactuator
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY94 citations97
US5856896AJan 5, 1999
Gimbal suspension for supporting a head in a disc drive assembly
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY129 citations97
US6071007AJun 6, 2000
Thermal asperity detection head
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY61 citations96
US6069771AMay 30, 2000
Gimbal micropositioning device
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY60 citations96
US5858474AJan 12, 1999
Method of forming a magnetic media
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY44 citations96
US5774305AJun 30, 1998
Head gimbal assembly to reduce slider distortion due to thermal stress
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY71 citations96
US6798609B1Sep 28, 2004
Magnetic microactuator with capacitive position sensor
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY25 citations93
US6507463B1Jan 14, 2003
Micro disc drive employing arm level microactuator
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY32 citations93
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