Inventor
STIPE BARRY CUSHING
US49 patents
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HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH
11 patentsUS7463502B2Dec 9, 2008
Ultra low-cost solid-state memory
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH203 citations99
US7791839B2Sep 7, 2010
Thermally-assisted perpendicular magnetic recording system with write pole surrounding an optical channel and having recessed pole tip
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH71 citations98
US7291878B2Nov 6, 2007
Ultra low-cost solid-state memory
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH59 citations98
US7652954B2Jan 26, 2010
Thermally assisted recording head with magnetic pole integrated into optical aperture for dual gradient recording
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH19 citations92
US7796353B2Sep 14, 2010
Patterned-media magnetic recording disk with optical contrast enhancement and disk drive using optical contrast for write synchronization
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH18 citations84
US7495856B2Feb 24, 2009
Disk drive slider design for thermal fly-height control and burnishing-on-demand
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH13 citations84
US7405011B2Jul 29, 2008
Magnetic recording media for tilted recording
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH13 citations84
US7362533B2Apr 22, 2008
Disk drive with slider burnishing-on-demand
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH12 citations84
US7236332B2Jun 26, 2007
Thermally assisted recording of magnetic using an in-gap optical resonant cavity
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH14 citations84
US7607214B2Oct 27, 2009
Method of manufacturing a silicon slider by an alkaline etch
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH2 citations63
US7536773B2May 26, 2009
Method of configuring a sensor for a hard disk drive
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH1 citations52
HGST Netherlands BV
7 patentsUS8902720B1Dec 2, 2014
Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) write head with protective film for near-field transducer
HGST Netherlands BV38 citations94
US8842507B1Sep 23, 2014
Heat-assisted magnetic recording disk drive (HAMR) with thermal sensor and laser power prediction
HGST Netherlands BV25 citations93
US8854930B1Oct 7, 2014
Slider embedded photodetector for optical power monitoring in heat assisted magnetic recording
HGST Netherlands BV22 citations92
US8842506B1Sep 23, 2014
Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) disk drive with fly-height sensing
HGST Netherlands BV28 citations92
US9042209B2May 26, 2015
E-antenna near field transducer with thermal shunt to return pole
HGST Netherlands BV9 citations84
US8385162B2Feb 26, 2013
Shingled-writing thermal assistance recording (TAR) disk drive with avoidance of adjacent track erasure from a wide-area heater
HGST Netherlands BV11 citations84
US8743667B1Jun 3, 2014
Method for controlling writing in a thermally-assisted recording (TAR) disk drive with thermal fly-height control
HGST Netherlands BV7 citations83
HIRANO TOSHIKI
5 patentsUS8184507B1May 22, 2012
Slider with integrated thermally-assisted recording (TAR) head and long laser diode with optical body for directing laser radiation
HIRANO TOSHIKI22 citations92
US8107326B1Jan 31, 2012
Slider with integrated thermally-assisted recording (TAR) head and integrated long laser diode
HIRANO TOSHIKI27 citations92
US8411535B1Apr 2, 2013
Electrical connection for a laser diode in a tar head
HIRANO TOSHIKI14 citations84
US8139448B1Mar 20, 2012
Slider with integrated thermally-assisted recording (TAR) head and vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) with angled external cavity
HIRANO TOSHIKI16 citations84
US9053731B2Jun 9, 2015
Extended cavity VCSEL mounted to substrate with electrical and thermal contact to substrate and optical power directed toward substrate
HIRANO TOSHIKI2 citations62
BALAMANE HAMID
5 patentsUS8169881B2May 1, 2012
Thermally assisted recording head having recessed waveguide with near field transducer and methods of making same
BALAMANE HAMID31 citations92
US8619535B2Dec 31, 2013
Thermally assisted recording head having recessed waveguide with near field transducer and methods of making same
BALAMANE HAMID7 citations84
US8339739B2Dec 25, 2012
Thermally assisted recording head with near field transducer having integral heatsink
BALAMANE HAMID18 citations84
US8092704B2Jan 10, 2012
System, method and apparatus for fabricating a c-aperture or E-antenna plasmonic near field source for thermal assisted recording applications
BALAMANE HAMID5 citations62
US8486289B2Jul 16, 2013
System, method and apparatus for fabricating a C-aperture or E-antenna plasmonic near field source for thermal assisted recording applications
BALAMANE HAMID0 citations47
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
5 patentsUS11532329B1Dec 20, 2022
Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) head with main pole having recess for plasmonic material
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC6 citations85
US11127421B1Sep 21, 2021
Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) write head with improved corrosion resistance and method for making the head
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC8 citations82
US10482907B1Nov 19, 2019
Methods of protecting write pole from corrosion in HAMR head
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC8 citations82
US11881231B2Jan 23, 2024
Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) head with main pole having recess for plasmonic material
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations62
US11514946B1Nov 29, 2022
Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) slider with stray light removal
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC1 citations62
STIPE BARRY CUSHING
5 patentsUS8451707B1May 28, 2013
Semiconductor wafer patterned with thermally-assisted recording (TAR) head structures
STIPE BARRY CUSHING11 citations84
US8194512B2Jun 5, 2012
Head structure for thermally-assisted recording (TAR) disk drive
STIPE BARRY CUSHING12 citations84
US8472286B2Jun 25, 2013
Near field transducer having main body and wings extending therefrom and only electrically coupled thereby
STIPE BARRY CUSHING4 citations62
US8243557B2Aug 14, 2012
Optimized ridge apertures for thermally assisted magnetic recording
STIPE BARRY CUSHING4 citations62
US8164988B2Apr 24, 2012
All-optical magnetic recording system using circularly polarized light and bit-patterned media
STIPE BARRY CUSHING5 citations62
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL
4 patentsUS7880996B2Feb 1, 2011
Ridge wave-guide for thermal assisted magnetic recording
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL27 citations93
US8355300B2Jan 15, 2013
Thermally-assisted recording (TAR) patterned-media disk drive with optical detection of write synchronization and servo fields
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL9 citations84
US8003236B2Aug 23, 2011
Method for making a master mold with high bit-aspect-ratio for nanoimprinting patterned magnetic recording disks, master mold made by the method, and disk imprinted by the master mold
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL12 citations84
US7852587B2Dec 14, 2010
Thermal assisted recording (TAR) disk drive capable of controlling the write pulses
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL17 citations84
HUANG FU-YING
2 patentsGROBIS MICHAEL KONRAD
2 patentsUS8514672B2Aug 20, 2013
Near-field transducer with thermal sensor and system for clocking write data in a patterned-media magnetic recording disk drive
GROBIS MICHAEL KONRAD19 citations91
US8081542B1Dec 20, 2011
Thermally-assisted recording (TAR) disk drive with patterned multilevel media and laser with power modulation
GROBIS MICHAEL KONRAD19 citations82