Inventor
PAN TAO
US65 patents
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WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC
11 patentsUS7869160B1Jan 11, 2011
Perpendicular recording head with shaped pole surfaces for higher linear data densities
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC179 citations99
US7729087B1Jun 1, 2010
Magnetic recording head with resistive heating element located near the write coil
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC173 citations99
US7436638B1Oct 14, 2008
Ferromagnetic pinning structure including a first section antiferromagnetically coupled to a pinned layer and a second section elongated relative to the first section in a stripe height direction
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC165 citations99
US7372665B1May 13, 2008
Magnetic recording head with resistive heating element located near the write coil
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC199 citations99
US7280325B1Oct 9, 2007
Ferromagnetic structure including a first section separated from a ferromagnetic layer by an electrically conductive nonmagnetic spacer and a second section elongated relative to the first section in at least one dimension
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC179 citations99
US7872824B1Jan 18, 2011
Setting an operating bias current for a magnetoresistive head by computing a target operating voltage
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC178 citations96
US7349170B1Mar 25, 2008
Method of monitoring operation of a disk drive by analyzing the envelope of a read-back signal in the frequency domain
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC180 citations95
US9286919B1Mar 15, 2016
Magnetic writer having a dual side gap
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC8 citations84
US9082423B1Jul 14, 2015
Magnetic recording write transducer having an improved trailing surface profile
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC14 citations84
US9123358B1Sep 1, 2015
Conformal high moment side shield seed layer for perpendicular magnetic recording writer
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC5 citations73
US8914969B1Dec 23, 2014
Method for providing a monolithic shield for a magnetic recording transducer
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC4 citations72
LIU FENG
5 patentsUS8724259B1May 13, 2014
Conformal high moment side shield seed layer for perpendicular magnetic recording writer
LIU FENG168 citations99
US8582238B1Nov 12, 2013
Systems and methods for providing perpendicular magnetic writers having gradient magnetic moment side shields
LIU FENG175 citations99
US8520337B1Aug 27, 2013
Perpendicular magnetic recording writer pole with leading and trailing bevel side wall angles at air bearing surface
LIU FENG153 citations99
US8520336B1Aug 27, 2013
Magnetic recording head with nano scale pole tip bulge
LIU FENG157 citations99
US8792208B1Jul 29, 2014
Method for providing side shields having non-conformal regions for a magnetic recording transducer
LIU FENG151 citations97
IBM
4 patentsUS6754056B2Jun 22, 2004
Read head having a tunnel junction sensor with a free layer biased by exchange coupling with insulating antiferromagnetic (AFM) layers
IBM33 citations93
US6657825B2Dec 2, 2003
Self aligned magnetoresistive flux guide read head with exchange bias underneath free layer
IBM28 citations93
US6757144B2Jun 29, 2004
Flux guide read head with in stack biased current perpendicular to the planes (CPP) sensor
IBM23 citations91
US7054117B2May 30, 2006
Method of making a read head having a tunnel junction sensor with a free layer biased by exchange coupling with insulating antiferromagnetic (AFM) layers
IBM8 citations74
APPLE INC
4 patentsUS11887775B2Jan 30, 2024
Dual mode wireless power system designs
APPLE INC1 citations72
US11839279B2Dec 12, 2023
Magnetically attachable wallet
APPLE INC4 citations72
US11515083B2Nov 29, 2022
Dual mode wireless power system designs
APPLE INC3 citations72
US12300428B2May 13, 2025
Dual mode wireless power system designs
APPLE INC0 citations62
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH
3 patentsUS7161773B2Jan 9, 2007
High linear density tunnel junction flux guide read head with in-stack longitudinal bias stack (LBS)
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH22 citations93
US6888705B2May 3, 2005
High linear density tunnel junction flux guide read head with in-stack longitudinal bias stack (LBS)
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH14 citations84
US6920021B2Jul 19, 2005
Sunken electrical lead defined narrow track width magnetic head
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH4 citations63
BAI ZHIGANG
1 patentWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT INC
1 patentLI YUNFEI
1 patentWANG JINWEN
1 patentPAN TAO
1 patentELLIOTT CARL F
1 patentYU CHENGTAO R
1 patentLIN ENHAO
1 patent(unassigned)
1 patentVERIZON DATA SERVICES LLC
1 patentHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGETECHNOLO
1 patentWESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT) LLC
1 patentSPRINGWORKS LLC
1 patentWANG WEI JUN
1 patentLIU HAILIN
1 patentWANG LISHA
1 patentHAN DEHUA
1 patentLIU XUANBIN
1 patentZHEJIANG SANHUA AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS CO LTD
1 patentADLYFE INC
1 patentHONEYWELL INT INC
1 patentLAM SIO KUAN
1 patentSHENZHEN CITY SAIHUI ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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