Inventor
BRANNON JAMES HAMMOND
US11 patents
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IBM
9 patentsUS6521862B1Feb 18, 2003
Apparatus and method for improving chamfer quality of disk edge surfaces with laser treatment
IBM113 citations97
US6314814B1Nov 13, 2001
Method and apparatus for precise measurement of pressure dependence of head fly height using transitional thermal signals
IBM25 citations92
US6662623B2Dec 16, 2003
Apparatus and method for glide height calibration of disk surfaces by use of dual-zone laser texture
IBM27 citations88
US5963569AOct 5, 1999
Multiple channel acousto-optic modulators
IBM18 citations84
US5981903ANov 9, 1999
Laser system for simultaneous texturing of two sides of a substrate
IBM19 citations82
US6117620ASep 12, 2000
Method of producing a calibration disk
IBM15 citations73
US5847823ADec 8, 1998
Surface inspection tool
IBM8 citations73
US6530258B2Mar 11, 2003
Disk drive laser melt bump disk for accurate glide calibration and certification processing
IBM4 citations62
US6388229B1May 14, 2002
Method for laser texturing magnetic recording disk
IBM5 citations61
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH
2 patentsUS6785079B2Aug 31, 2004
Method and apparatus for estimating the flyheight of an airbearing slider in a storage device
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH15 citations84
US7268965B2Sep 11, 2007
Method of manufacturing an apparatus and a method for estimating the flyheight of an airbearing slider in a storage device
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH4 citations63