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VAN DER HEIJDEN PETRUS ANTONIUS

US43 patents
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WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC

34 patents
US10777219B1Sep 15, 2020

Write heads configured to redirect current

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC16 citations94
US10762917B1Sep 1, 2020

Reversed mode spin torque oscillator with shaped field generation layer

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC20 citations94
US10388305B1Aug 20, 2019

Apparatus and method for writing to magnetic media using an AC bias current to enhance the write field

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC18 citations93
US9947347B1Apr 17, 2018

Magnetic sensor using inverse spin hall effect

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC34 citations92
US11900971B1Feb 13, 2024

Magnetic recording head with assisting electric current in trailing shield

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC10 citations86
US11881237B1Jan 23, 2024

Cross track current design for energy assisted magnetic recording

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC9 citations86
US11869548B1Jan 9, 2024

Magnetic recording devices having external alternating current sources

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC9 citations86
US11508401B1Nov 22, 2022

Magnetic recording devices having cross-track current flow to facilitate downtrack magnetic field enhancements

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC13 citations86
US10839844B1Nov 17, 2020

Current-assisted magnetic recording write head with wide conductive element in the write gap

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC12 citations86
US10872626B2Dec 22, 2020

MAMR stack shape optimization for magnetic recording

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC4 citations84
US10861485B1Dec 8, 2020

Write heads configured to redirect current

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC8 citations84
US10839832B1Nov 17, 2020

MAMR recording head with high damping trailing shield seed layer

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC5 citations84
US11894026B1Feb 6, 2024

Magnetic recording head having leads over the trailing shield for assisting electric currents

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC6 citations75
US11854584B1Dec 26, 2023

Current assisted HAMR magnetic writer

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations73
US11651791B2May 16, 2023

Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) head with tapered main pole and heat sink material adjacent the pole

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations73
US11437060B2Sep 6, 2022

MAMR stack shape optimization for magnetic recording

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations73
US10997989B1May 4, 2021

Bilayer hot seed to reduce gap field for magnetic recording heads

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations73
US10706877B2Jul 7, 2020

Spin torque layer in side gap for improved field and cross track field gradient

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC4 citations73
US9953675B2Apr 24, 2018

Enhanced write pole and return pole for improved areal density

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations73
US11043233B2Jun 22, 2021

Magnetic write head with dual return pole and tapered main pole

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations72
US10643642B2May 5, 2020

Apparatus and method for writing to magnetic media using an AC bias current to enhance the write field

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC5 citations72
US10468058B1Nov 5, 2019

Magnetic write head with a tapered return pole

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations72
US12315538B2May 27, 2025

Magnetic recording head with assisting electric current in trailing shield

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC1 citations64
US11385306B2Jul 12, 2022

TMR sensor with magnetic tunnel junctions with shape anisotropy

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations63
US12249358B2Mar 11, 2025

Magnetic recording devices having external alternating current sources

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations62
US10957346B2Mar 23, 2021

Magnetic recording devices and methods using a write-field-enhancement structure and bias current with offset pulses

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC1 citations62
US10943616B2Mar 9, 2021

Current-assisted magnetic recording write head with wide conductive element in the write gap

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC1 citations62
US10891977B1Jan 12, 2021

MAMR recording head with high damping trailing shield seed layer

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations62
US12148452B1Nov 19, 2024

Current distal to media facing surface

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations61
US11862207B2Jan 2, 2024

MAMR stack shape optimization for magnetic recording

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations57
US12057145B2Aug 6, 2024

Magnetic recording heads having one or more dusting layers for magnetic recording devices

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations52
US11769522B2Sep 26, 2023

MAMR recording head with SAF trailing shield notch and/or bump

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations52
US10872627B2Dec 22, 2020

Reversed mode spin torque oscillator with shaped field generation layer

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations52
US10714128B2Jul 14, 2020

Magnetic write head with dual return pole

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations51

FRANCA-NETO LUIZ M

2 patents

BONHOTE CHRISTIAN RENE

2 patents

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL

1 patent

HGST Netherlands BV

1 patent

MCFADYEN IAN ROBSON

1 patent

BROCKIE RICHARD MICHAEL

1 patent

SCHABES MANFRED ERNST

1 patent