Inventor
LOU HUAZHOU
US25 patents
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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
22 patentsUS7038875B2May 2, 2006
Dynamic measurement of head media spacing modulation
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC130 citations98
US9236081B1Jan 12, 2016
Laser temperature calibration in a HAMR device
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC31 citations89
US9390741B2Jul 12, 2016
Head transducer with multiple resistance temperature sensors for head-medium spacing and contact detection
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC4 citations84
US9230594B2Jan 5, 2016
Resistance temperature sensors for head-media and asperity detection
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC3 citations83
US7542243B2Jun 2, 2009
Slider with transducing and heating elements formed on trailing end thereof and sharing same thin film structure
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC19 citations83
US9704529B1Jul 11, 2017
Concurrent laser induced writer protrusion correction and laser writeability calibration
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC15 citations82
US9472225B2Oct 18, 2016
Heat-assisted magnetic recording head-disk clearance setting
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC8 citations82
US9595277B2Mar 14, 2017
Thermally assisted writer protrusion determination and control
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC3 citations73
US9036290B2May 19, 2015
Head transducer with multiple resistance temperature sensors for head-medium spacing and contact detection
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC3 citations73
US9607649B1Mar 28, 2017
Determining write-induced protrusion as a function of laser power using temperature measurements
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC6 citations71
US9548072B2Jan 17, 2017
Concurrent modulation and frictional heating head disk contact detection
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC2 citations70
US10964354B1Mar 30, 2021
Oxidizing or reducing atmosphere for heat-assisted magnetic recording
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC3 citations67
US9928873B1Mar 27, 2018
Head-disk contact detection using a thermal sensor for modulation air bearings
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC6 citations66
US9171581B2Oct 27, 2015
Friction force measurement assembly and method
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC3 citations63
US9042050B2May 26, 2015
Head transducer with multiple resistance temperature sensors for head-medium spacing and contact detection
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC1 citations62
US11468918B1Oct 11, 2022
Data storage drive pressure sensing using a head temperature sensor and a head heater
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations60
US11798598B1Oct 24, 2023
Hard disk drive with low density atmosphere
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations59
US11475924B2Oct 18, 2022
Oxidizing or reducing atmosphere for heat-assisted magnetic recording
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations58
US9818439B1Nov 14, 2017
Determining gamma of a read/write head based on active gain control and test signal amplitude measurements
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC1 citations51
US9792940B2Oct 17, 2017
High sample rate dPES to improve contact detection signal to noise ratio
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations51
US9123371B2Sep 1, 2015
Methods and devices for head-media contact detection
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations49
US9824699B1Nov 21, 2017
Lumped-parameter thermal model of a write transducer for clearance control on magnetic recording device
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC1 citations45