Inventor
HUANG LIDU
US53 patents
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HGST Netherlands BV
13 patentsUS8842507B1Sep 23, 2014
Heat-assisted magnetic recording disk drive (HAMR) with thermal sensor and laser power prediction
HGST Netherlands BV25 citations93
US8705323B2Apr 22, 2014
TAR temperature sensor having faster response time
HGST Netherlands BV30 citations93
US9047926B2Jun 2, 2015
Dual thermal sensor for HAMR waveguide power monitor and integration with the contact sensor
HGST Netherlands BV24 citations92
US8842383B1Sep 23, 2014
Laser power sensor with dual temperature sensor
HGST Netherlands BV19 citations92
US9087546B1Jul 21, 2015
Combined micro heater and waveguide power sensor for heat-assisted magnetic recording
HGST Netherlands BV11 citations84
US9513677B2Dec 6, 2016
Shaped backplane for receiving electrical components
HGST Netherlands BV9 citations82
US8941944B1Jan 27, 2015
System and method for evenly distributing thermal exposure to disk in heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR)
HGST Netherlands BV4 citations73
US10175122B2Jan 8, 2019
HAMR thermal sensor with fast response time
HGST Netherlands BV2 citations72
US9823712B2Nov 21, 2017
Backplane for receiving electrical components
HGST Netherlands BV3 citations71
US9311943B2Apr 12, 2016
Compensation of laser diode introduced flying height changes
HGST Netherlands BV5 citations71
US8730607B1May 20, 2014
Thermoelectric voltage-based differential contact sensor
HGST Netherlands BV6 citations71
US9086858B2Jul 21, 2015
System, method and apparatus for disk drive fluid dynamic bearing
HGST Netherlands BV2 citations61
US9135942B2Sep 15, 2015
Heat assisted magnetic recording head having wider heat sink and pole
HGST Netherlands BV0 citations52
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
10 patentsUS7684155B1Mar 23, 2010
Disk drive with an actuator latch having a biasing ball at least partially within a seating cavity adjoining a retention bore
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC56 citations98
US7961436B1Jun 14, 2011
Disk drive head stack assembly with clip for mounting a flex cable
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC50 citations96
US7660075B1Feb 9, 2010
Disk drive including an actuator latch with a pivot ball in a latch post opening and between a VCM top plate and the latch
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC54 citations96
US7957102B1Jun 7, 2011
Disk drive including an actuator latch with a torsionally compliant pusher portion
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC52 citations94
US7633721B1Dec 15, 2009
Disk drive with an actuator latch having fixed, latching, and latch arm portions being a single component
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC51 citations94
US7672083B1Mar 2, 2010
Disk drive with translatable ramp
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC80 citations93
US7690705B1Apr 6, 2010
Vacuum chuck useful for affixing cover seals to hard disk drives
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC21 citations87
US10431261B2Oct 1, 2019
Flexible-mount electrical connection
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations68
US10564053B2Feb 18, 2020
HAMR thermal sensor with fast response time
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations52
US10127947B2Nov 13, 2018
Data storage system enclosure with central mounting plate
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations52
FUJITSU LTD
5 patentsUS6999238B2Feb 14, 2006
Tunable micro-lens array
FUJITSU LTD72 citations98
US7072117B2Jul 4, 2006
Micro-lens array
FUJITSU LTD5 citations74
US7283220B2Oct 16, 2007
Methods and apparatuses for measuring the refractive index and other optical properties of liquids, gels, and solids
FUJITSU LTD4 citations63
US7206472B2Apr 17, 2007
Optical backplanes with integrated optical couplers and methods of making the same
FUJITSU LTD5 citations63
US7171083B2Jan 30, 2007
One-by-N optical switch
FUJITSU LTD4 citations63
HUANG LIDU
5 patentsUS8824098B1Sep 2, 2014
Belleville disk clamp
HUANG LIDU42 citations93
US8081401B1Dec 20, 2011
Disk drive including an actuator latch with a cantilevered stop portion
HUANG LIDU52 citations90
US8509039B1Aug 13, 2013
Thermally-assisted recording (TAR) disk with low thermal-conductivity underlayer
HUANG LIDU20 citations89
US8699165B2Apr 15, 2014
Thermal read/write offset compensation
HUANG LIDU3 citations62
US8339724B2Dec 25, 2012
Induction of magnetic bias in a magnetic recording disk
HUANG LIDU2 citations53
META PLATFORMS TECH LLC
4 patentsUS12493197B2Dec 9, 2025
Camera device assembled with lens-to-sensor distance that reduces auto-focusing actuation power in macro mode
META PLATFORMS TECH LLC0 citations62
US12135438B1Nov 5, 2024
Augmented optical image stabilization using ferromagnetic materials
META PLATFORMS TECH LLC0 citations61
US12547244B2Feb 10, 2026
Gaze-driven autofocus camera for mixed-reality passthrough
META PLATFORMS TECH LLC0 citations56
US12293493B1May 6, 2025
Hardware-based protection of private content captured by a camera device
META PLATFORMS TECH LLC0 citations56
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL
3 patentsUS8027116B2Sep 27, 2011
Method of manufacturing a hard-disk drive using a bulk eraser
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL2 citations63
US8014096B2Sep 6, 2011
Combined bulk thermal-assister and bulk eraser
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL6 citations58
US7944640B2May 17, 2011
Bulk eraser including at least three magnets configured for erasing recorded information
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL1 citations52
LARSON NILS E
1 patentTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC
1 patentSANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
1 patentHUANG FU-YING
1 patentFRANCA-NETO LUIZ M
1 patentHANLON ANDREW
1 patentAPPLE INC
1 patentCONTRERAS JOHN
1 patentHAUET THOMAS
1 patentKU CHIAOPING
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