Inventor
STROM BRIAN D
US12 patents
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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
8 patentsUS7420760B2Sep 2, 2008
Method and apparatus reducing flying height drop in a hard disk drive under humid conditions
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD18 citations83
US7349169B2Mar 25, 2008
Method and apparatus for improved starting and/or stopping in a contact start-stop (CSS) hard disk drive.
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD13 citations82
US7369348B2May 6, 2008
Method and apparatus for adaptation to humidity in a hard disk drive
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD7 citations73
US7719792B2May 18, 2010
Method and apparatus intelligently adapting to environmental conditions inside and outside a hard disk drive
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD6 citations62
US7688543B2Mar 30, 2010
Device to regenerate a desiccant in a hard disk drive
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD4 citations62
US7760469B2Jul 20, 2010
Method and apparatus for an air bearing surface to reduce contamination due to saturation water vapor pressure in a hard disk drive
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD3 citations60
US7715150B2May 11, 2010
Apparatus and method for head gimbal assembly sharing power to slider amplifier and micro-actuator in a hard disk drive
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD1 citations51
US7599142B2Oct 6, 2009
Apparatus and method for slider-disk contact indication by monitoring the spindle control signal in a hard disk drive
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD1 citations51
MAXTOR CORP
3 patentsUS6920019B2Jul 19, 2005
Device and method for improved stiction reliability in disk drives employing padded sliders
MAXTOR CORP13 citations83
US7646566B1Jan 12, 2010
Slider deformation control by thermal-structural compensators
MAXTOR CORP4 citations61
US7639449B1Dec 29, 2009
Passive fly height adjustment to compensate for ambient pressure changes in a disk drive
MAXTOR CORP5 citations58