Inventor
MALLARY MICHAEL L
US53 patents
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DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP
17 patentsUS5229901AJul 20, 1993
Side-by-side read/write heads with rotary positioner
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP73 citations96
US5111352AMay 5, 1992
Three-pole magnetic head with reduced flux leakage
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP54 citations96
US4935832AJun 19, 1990
Recording heads with side shields
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP109 citations96
US5314596AMay 24, 1994
Process for fabricating magnetic film recording head for use with a magnetic recording media
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP48 citations95
US5157570AOct 20, 1992
Magnetic pole configuration for high density thin film recording head
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP66 citations95
US5095613AMar 17, 1992
Thin film head slider fabrication process
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP80 citations94
US5108837AApr 28, 1992
Laminated poles for recording heads
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP27 citations93
US5085935AFeb 4, 1992
Flux spreading thin film magnetic devices
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP25 citations93
US5267112ANov 30, 1993
Thin film read/write head for minimizing erase fringing and method of making the same
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP46 citations91
US4912584AMar 27, 1990
Method for fabricating magnetic recording poles
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP48 citations90
US5311386AMay 10, 1994
Transducer with improved inductive coupling
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP19 citations82
US5176965AJan 5, 1993
Magnetic medium for longitudinal recording
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP18 citations82
US4931886AJun 5, 1990
Apparatus and methods to suppress perpendicular fields in longitudinal recording
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP21 citations82
US4695351ASep 22, 1987
Method for producing magnetic heads
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP24 citations82
US5134535AJul 28, 1992
Architecture for a thin-film magnetic recording head
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP15 citations74
US5226966AJul 13, 1993
Apparatus for providing uniaxial anisotropy in a magnetic recording disk
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP16 citations73
US5195005AMar 16, 1993
Tranducer with improved inductive coupling
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP17 citations73
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
7 patentsUS9355654B1May 31, 2016
Spin torque oscillator for microwave assisted magnetic recording with increased damping
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC34 citations94
US9042058B1May 26, 2015
Shield designed for middle shields in a multiple sensor array
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC24 citations93
US8917581B1Dec 23, 2014
Self-anneal process for a near field transducer and chimney in a hard disk drive assembly
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC25 citations93
US8908330B1Dec 9, 2014
Spin torque oscillator for microwave assisted magnetic recording with optimal geometries
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC18 citations84
US8891341B1Nov 18, 2014
Energy assisted magnetic recording disk drive using modulated laser light
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC17 citations83
US9159344B2Oct 13, 2015
Disk drive read circuit comprising an AC coupled sense amplifier for amplifying a read signal
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC1 citations52
US9135935B1Sep 15, 2015
Customized head gimbal assembly bonding skew angle for adjusting two-dimensional magnetic recording reader alignment
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations52
MALLARY MICHAEL L
6 patentsUS8456967B1Jun 4, 2013
Systems and methods for providing a pole pedestal for microwave assisted magnetic recording
MALLARY MICHAEL L175 citations99
US8658292B1Feb 25, 2014
Systems and methods for controlling damping of magnetic media for assisted magnetic recording
MALLARY MICHAEL L82 citations98
US8605382B1Dec 10, 2013
Disk drive to load a head to a load/unload (LUL) zone of a disk
MALLARY MICHAEL L109 citations96
US8599653B1Dec 3, 2013
Systems and methods for reducing condensation along a slider air bearing surface in energy assisted magnetic recording
MALLARY MICHAEL L38 citations94
US8339735B2Dec 25, 2012
Magnetic writer for patterned stack with increased write field
MALLARY MICHAEL L3 citations62
US8331051B2Dec 11, 2012
Device and method for error detection
MALLARY MICHAEL L2 citations59
QUANTUM CORP
6 patentsUS5654854AAug 5, 1997
Longitudinally biased magnetoresistive sensor having a concave shaped active region to reduce Barkhausen noise by achieving a substantially single magnetic domain state
QUANTUM CORP56 citations96
US5724212AMar 3, 1998
Method and apparatus for increasing data density in magnetic data storage disk drives
QUANTUM CORP18 citations82
US5431969AJul 11, 1995
Method of making a magnetic medium for longitudinal recording
QUANTUM CORP18 citations82
USRE35477EMar 18, 1997
Thin film head slider fabrication process
QUANTUM CORP9 citations71
US5428887AJul 4, 1995
Method of making a transducer with improved inductive coupling
QUANTUM CORP2 citations63
US5428893AJul 4, 1995
Method of making a transducer with improved inductive coupling
QUANTUM CORP4 citations63
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC
4 patentsUS8891207B1Nov 18, 2014
Connection schemes for a multiple sensor array usable in two-dimensional magnetic recording
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC57 citations98
US8908333B1Dec 9, 2014
Shield designed for middle shields in a multiple sensor array
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC28 citations92
US9214172B2Dec 15, 2015
Method of manufacturing a magnetic read head
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC11 citations84
US8923102B1Dec 30, 2014
Optical grating coupling for interferometric waveguides in heat assisted magnetic recording heads
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC8 citations84
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
3 patentsUS7880999B2Feb 1, 2011
Magnetic storage system with read during write
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC7 citations84
US7835099B2Nov 16, 2010
Method and system for error checking in a bit-patterned media
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC8 citations81
US9099160B2Aug 4, 2015
Method and system for error checking in bit-patterned media
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC4 citations79
WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT) LLC
2 patentsKRICHEVSKY ALEXANDER
1 patentMAXTOR CORP
1 patentSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY
1 patentWD MEDIA INC
1 patentWD MEDIA LLC
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