Inventor

GILLIS DONALD R

US23 patents

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GILLIS DONALD R

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH

Method and apparatus for recovering load/unload zone real estate on data storage media in data storage devices to increase a data storage capacity thereof

Electrostatic discharge device in a disk drive providing a conductive path between a slider and the disk drive housing thereby protecting against electrostatic discharge

Leak detection system of hard disk drives with lubricant reservoir

Method and apparatus using reverse disk rotation to achieve slider contact with a disk surface

Active compensation of flying height in magnetic disk drives

Method and apparatus for utilizing an off-center gimbal to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems

Shock induced cleaning for hard disk drives

Method and system for a beam projector having data manipulation capabilities

Method and system for a beam projector having an audio capability device

Method and apparatus for providing a fluid damping structure with fuel cell for a hard disk drive and vibration sensitive electronic devices

Method for controlling a burnish cycle to minimize cycle time

IBM

Air bearing slider having rounded corners

Contaminant reduction system for disk drives

Magnetic recording device having a improved slider

Magnetic storage system having an improved slider having rounded corners to minimize disk damage

System and method for monitoring friction between head and disk to predict head disk interaction failure in direct access storage devices

System and method for enhancing load/unload performance of low-flying heads in a disk drive

Environmental corrosion protection for hard disk drive elements by thermal activation

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL

Flexible hybrid drive system for vehicle stability control

Reducing the obstruction of air flow through a bypass channel associated with a disk drive using an electrostatic pass-by filter

Method and apparatus for modifying a dynamic pitch of a slider to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems

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

FELISS NORBERT A

Reducing the obstruction of air flow through a bypass channel associated with a disk drive using an electrostatic pass-by filter