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Yong Hu
Also filed as: HU YONG · HU YONG YUAN
30 granted patents·2 pending applications·876 citations·filing 1998–2024
97Inventor score
Files withWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC13WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC5HU YONG3SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC3HGST Netherlands BV2
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32 records- 0197US7916426B2Head with an air bearing surface having left and right leading pressurizing steps, each with short and long regionsWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 29, 2011·153 cites·11 claims
- 0297US7872833B2Head with a transducer overcoat having a trailing air flow dam that is shallowly recessed from an air bearing surfaceWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 18, 2011·166 cites·11 claims
- 0397US7855854B2Head with an air bearing surface having a shallow recessed trailing air flow damWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 21, 2010·158 cites·5 claims
- 0497US7719795B2Head having a transducer heater and an air bearing surface with a flow-diversion dam and pressure-relief trough disposed upstream of the transducerWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2006·Granted May 18, 2010·166 cites·6 claims
- 0595US7616405B2Slider with an air bearing surface having a inter-cavity dam with OD and ID dam surfaces of different heightsWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 10, 2009·51 cites·16 claims
- 0694US11942124B1Slider air bearing designs with side blocker for contamination robustnessWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2023·Granted Mar 26, 2024·2 cites·23 claims
- 0794US8081400B1Slider with an air-bearing surface including four pressure generating pockets for countering disruptive movementHU YONG·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 20, 2011·45 cites·14 claims
- 0892US10468071B1Magnetic storage device with heat-assisted magnetic storage head and associated method of manufactureWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 5, 2019·18 cites·17 claims
- 0990US11587584B1Slider air bearing design with ultra-low pressure for low power-consumption data storage devicesWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2022·Granted Feb 21, 2023·3 cites·23 claims
- 1090US9691422B1Slider air-bearing surface designs with efficiency-flattening holeWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jun 27, 2017·13 cites·20 claims
- 1189US10249334B1Slider air-bearing surface designs with side particle-trapping structuresWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2018·Granted Apr 2, 2019·10 cites·22 claims
- 1288US10354685B1Slider air-bearing surface designs with segmented particle-trapping structuresWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 16, 2019·9 cites·23 claims
- 1387US9230587B1Air bearing surface design with extreme particle trapping holes for improving HDD particle robustnesHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 5, 2016·11 cites·12 claims
- 1487US9082441B1Head slider having improved air bearing compliance and higher actuation efficiencyHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 14, 2015·10 cites·20 claims
- 1586US11587583B1Slider air bearing design with roughened leading edge shallow step for enhanced particle robustnessWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2022·Granted Feb 21, 2023·2 cites·28 claims
- 1680USD1022704STravel bottleHU YONG·Filed 2023·Granted Apr 16, 2024·6 cites·1 claims
- 1770US7255636B2Hybrid burnishing head design for improved burnishing of disk mediaSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 14, 2007·8 cites·10 claims
- 1863US10832718B2Slider gas-bearing surface designs with leading-edge pocketsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 10, 2020·0 cites·19 claims
- 1961US10891981B2Air-bearing surface designs with a curved trailing air flow damWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jan 12, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 2057USD1003948SMowerRUICHI SMART TECH SHENZHEN CO LTD·Filed 2022·Granted Nov 7, 2023·3 cites·1 claims
- 2156US12444438B2Magnetic head air bearing design with island blocker for smear mitigationWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2024·Granted Oct 14, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 2255US6461146B1Adjustable jet flame utility lighterZREATIVE PRODUCT INC·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 8, 2002·6 cites·12 claims
- 2353US10714135B1Air-bearing surface designs with a curved trailing air flow damWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 14, 2020·0 cites·14 claims
- 2453US2019311735A1Slider gas-bearing surface designs with leading-edge pocketsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 2550US8758092B2Sweeper burnish headHU YONG·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 24, 2014·1 cites·16 claims
- 2649US2019189153A1Slider gas-bearing surface designs with leading-edge pocketsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 2747USD980480SFlashlightSHENZHEN APEMAN INNOVATIONS TECH CO LTD·Filed 2021·Granted Mar 7, 2023·1 cites·1 claims
- 2846US6115329AAir bearing surface design for constant fly height profileSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 5, 2000·8 cites·17 claims
- 2946USD429541SSafety lighterZREATIVE PRODUCT INC·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 15, 2000·5 cites·1 claims
- 3043US6574190B1Coil-on-block design with reduced particle accumulation on MO disc drivesSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 3, 2003·6 cites·19 claims
- 3141US6142766ASafety lighterZREATIVE INC·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 7, 2000·11 cites·7 claims
- 3238US6262970B1Air bearing surface design for glide testing of plastic mediaSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 17, 2001·4 cites·12 claims
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