Inventor
RIDDERING JASON W
US19 patents
Patents
19 patentsUS6700724B2Mar 2, 2004
Contact detection and calibration for electrostatic fly height control in a disc drive
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US6760182B2Jul 6, 2004
Temperature compensated fly height control
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US7068449B2Jun 27, 2006
Slider fly control
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US6529347B2Mar 4, 2003
Disc drive slider having textured pads
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US6490135B1Dec 3, 2002
Disc drive assembly having side rail-channeled air bearing for ramp load-unload applications
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US6359754B1Mar 19, 2002
Increased mechanical spacing through localized continuous carbon overcoat
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US7742255B2Jun 22, 2010
Head-disc interface (HDI) modal response monitoring
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US9236081B1Jan 12, 2016
Laser temperature calibration in a HAMR device
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US7000459B2Feb 21, 2006
Strain sensor patterned on MEMS flex arms
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US6459547B1Oct 1, 2002
Slider with pads and textured landing zone for disc storage system
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US6441999B1Aug 27, 2002
Wear durability using high wear-resistant slip pads
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US7123448B1Oct 17, 2006
Extended alumina basecoat advanced air bearing slider
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US9875764B1Jan 23, 2018
Head-medium contact sensor cleaning for heat-assisted magnetic recording device
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US9595277B2Mar 14, 2017
Thermally assisted writer protrusion determination and control
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US6654206B2Nov 25, 2003
Disc head slider with intermittent contact protection feature
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US10366719B1Jul 30, 2019
Boosted preheat trajectory to obtain desired clearance before writing to disk
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US10083716B1Sep 25, 2018
Laser calibration for heat-assisted magnetic recording head using interleaved laser current
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US9990950B1Jun 5, 2018
Calibration and adjusting target pre-write clearance offset for a heat-assisted magnetic recording device
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US9824699B1Nov 21, 2017
Lumped-parameter thermal model of a write transducer for clearance control on magnetic recording device
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