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Lidu Huang
Also filed as: HUANG LIDU
52 granted patents·14 pending applications·907 citations·filing 2002–2024
98Inventor score
Files withHGST Netherlands BV14META PLATFORMS TECH LLC14WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC12FUJITSU LTD5HUANG LIDU5
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66 records- 0197US7957102B1Disk drive including an actuator latch with a torsionally compliant pusher portionWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 7, 2011·52 cites·16 claims
- 0297US7684155B1Disk drive with an actuator latch having a biasing ball at least partially within a seating cavity adjoining a retention boreWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 23, 2010·56 cites·33 claims
- 0397US7633721B1Disk drive with an actuator latch having fixed, latching, and latch arm portions being a single componentWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 15, 2009·51 cites·14 claims
- 0496US10147876B1Phase change memory electrode with multiple thermal interfacesSANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 4, 2018·23 cites·18 claims
- 0596US8203806B2Disk drive having a head loading/unloading ramp that includes a torsionally-compliant memberLARSON NILS E·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 19, 2012·50 cites·16 claims
- 0696US7660075B1Disk drive including an actuator latch with a pivot ball in a latch post opening and between a VCM top plate and the latchWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 9, 2010·54 cites·13 claims
- 0795US8824098B1Belleville disk clampHUANG LIDU·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 2, 2014·42 cites·15 claims
- 0895US8705323B2TAR temperature sensor having faster response timeHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 22, 2014·30 cites·12 claims
- 0995US7961436B1Disk drive head stack assembly with clip for mounting a flex cableWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 14, 2011·50 cites·18 claims
- 1095US6999238B2Tunable micro-lens arrayFUJITSU LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 14, 2006·72 cites·28 claims
- 1194US9047926B2Dual thermal sensor for HAMR waveguide power monitor and integration with the contact sensorHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 2, 2015·24 cites·21 claims
- 1294US8842507B1Heat-assisted magnetic recording disk drive (HAMR) with thermal sensor and laser power predictionHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 23, 2014·25 cites·16 claims
- 1394US8081401B1Disk drive including an actuator latch with a cantilevered stop portionHUANG LIDU·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 20, 2011·52 cites·13 claims
- 1493US8842383B1Laser power sensor with dual temperature sensorHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 23, 2014·19 cites·20 claims
- 1593US8451696B2Temperature sensor in a thermally assisted magnetic recording headHUANG FU-YING·Filed 2011·Granted May 28, 2013·23 cites·18 claims
- 1692US7672083B1Disk drive with translatable rampWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 2, 2010·80 cites·16 claims
- 1790US9087546B1Combined micro heater and waveguide power sensor for heat-assisted magnetic recordingHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 21, 2015·11 cites·20 claims
- 1890US6642711B2Digital inductive position sensorTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 4, 2003·56 cites·10 claims
- 1989US8509039B1Thermally-assisted recording (TAR) disk with low thermal-conductivity underlayerHUANG LIDU·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 13, 2013·20 cites·20 claims
- 2087US9513677B2Shaped backplane for receiving electrical componentsHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2014·Granted Dec 6, 2016·9 cites·20 claims
- 2184US8587900B2Radiator-cooled nanowire-based write assistFRANCA-NETO LUIZ M·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 19, 2013·8 cites·24 claims
- 2283US8730607B1Thermoelectric voltage-based differential contact sensorHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2012·Granted May 20, 2014·6 cites·16 claims
- 2382US10175122B2HAMR thermal sensor with fast response timeHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 8, 2019·2 cites·19 claims
- 2482US8077432B2Disk stack assembly with spindle motor hub having improved disk-supporting flangeHANLON ANDREW·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 13, 2011·10 cites·18 claims
- 2581US9311943B2Compensation of laser diode introduced flying height changesHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 12, 2016·5 cites·16 claims
- 2681US8014096B2Combined bulk thermal-assister and bulk eraserHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 6, 2011·6 cites·20 claims
- 2780US8941944B1System and method for evenly distributing thermal exposure to disk in heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR)HGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 27, 2015·4 cites·21 claims
- 2878US7690705B1Vacuum chuck useful for affixing cover seals to hard disk drivesWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 6, 2010·21 cites·9 claims
- 2977US10881028B1Efficient heat removal from electronic modulesAPPLE INC·Filed 2019·Granted Dec 29, 2020·3 cites·13 claims
- 3076US8129043B2System, method and apparatus for strain-assisted magnetic recording for controlling switching field and tightening switching field distribution in bit patterned mediaHAUET THOMAS·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 6, 2012·4 cites·8 claims
- 3175US8553506B2Preheat feature for thermally assisted recordingCONTRERAS JOHN·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 8, 2013·3 cites·24 claims
- 3274US8699165B2Thermal read/write offset compensationHUANG LIDU·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 15, 2014·3 cites·15 claims
- 3373US9823712B2Backplane for receiving electrical componentsHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 21, 2017·3 cites·20 claims
- 3473US8027116B2Method of manufacturing a hard-disk drive using a bulk eraserHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 27, 2011·2 cites·20 claims
- 3573US7072117B2Micro-lens arrayFUJITSU LTD·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 4, 2006·5 cites·9 claims
- 3672US9086858B2System, method and apparatus for disk drive fluid dynamic bearingHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 21, 2015·2 cites·18 claims
- 3771US10431261B2Flexible-mount electrical connectionWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 1, 2019·3 cites·20 claims
- 3870US7206472B2Optical backplanes with integrated optical couplers and methods of making the sameFUJITSU LTD·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 17, 2007·5 cites·37 claims
- 3968US7944640B2Bulk eraser including at least three magnets configured for erasing recorded informationHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL·Filed 2008·Granted May 17, 2011·1 cites·10 claims
- 4066US12293493B1Hardware-based protection of private content captured by a camera deviceMETA PLATFORMS TECH LLC·Filed 2023·Granted May 6, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 4164US7283220B2Methods and apparatuses for measuring the refractive index and other optical properties of liquids, gels, and solidsFUJITSU LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 16, 2007·4 cites·26 claims
- 4263US8339724B2Induction of magnetic bias in a magnetic recording diskHUANG LIDU·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 25, 2012·2 cites·20 claims
- 4362US12493197B2Camera device assembled with lens-to-sensor distance that reduces auto-focusing actuation power in macro modeMETA PLATFORMS TECH LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Dec 9, 2025·0 cites·14 claims
- 4462US8189291B2Conical fluid dynamic bearings having improved stiffness for use in hard-disk drivesKU CHIAOPING·Filed 2010·Granted May 29, 2012·2 cites·18 claims
- 4561US2025076634A1Piezoelectric actuator with capacitance sensing for optical power controlMETA PLATFORMS TECH LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 4660US12135438B1Augmented optical image stabilization using ferromagnetic materialsMETA PLATFORMS TECH LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Nov 5, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 4759US2024151882A1Integrated optical assembly including a tunable lens elementMETA PLATFORMS TECH LLC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4858US2025189869A1Adjustable-focus lens assemblyMETA PLATFORMS TECH LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 4955US2024302578A1Apparatuses, systems, and methods for variable profile lensesMETA PLATFORMS TECH LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 5055US2023280637A1Camera device with two-stage actuators and camera device packaging using sandwich molding techniqueMETA PLATFORMS TECH LLC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
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