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INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
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Magnetic disk device and head control method
Patent number
12,100,423
Issue date
Sep 24, 2024
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Takeyori Hara
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In-situ install of cross-flux magnet in voice coil motor actuator
Patent number
12,087,335
Issue date
Sep 10, 2024
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Brandon Kaplan
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Current sensing circuit and hard disk drive including same
Patent number
12,033,663
Issue date
Jul 9, 2024
STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
Ezio Galbiati
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Patent Grant
Mount plate with suspension circuit indentations
Patent number
11,915,721
Issue date
Feb 27, 2024
Magnecomp Corporation
Kuen Chee Ee
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Dual spindle motor hard disk drive
Patent number
11,881,232
Issue date
Jan 23, 2024
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Nan-Hsun Han
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Magnetic head and magnetic recording device
Patent number
11,869,540
Issue date
Jan 9, 2024
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Tazumi Nagasawa
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Multi-channel recording head having servo readers proximate to writ...
Patent number
11,862,195
Issue date
Jan 2, 2024
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Robert G Biskeborn
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Data storage device with smart ISOFET threshold voltage automatic t...
Patent number
11,862,202
Issue date
Jan 2, 2024
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Brian Johnson
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Rotating ramp with retraction capability for a disk drive
Patent number
11,545,181
Issue date
Jan 3, 2023
Seagate Technology LLC
Brett R. Herdendorf
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Magnetic disk device and setting method of recording region
Patent number
11,495,263
Issue date
Nov 8, 2022
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Daisuke Kobayashi
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Data storage device detecting write pole degradation for magnetic w...
Patent number
11,423,939
Issue date
Aug 23, 2022
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Pierre-Olivier Jubert
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Data storage device eliminating preamble from servo sectors
Patent number
11,417,362
Issue date
Aug 16, 2022
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
James B. French
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Head assembly with suspension system for a tape embedded drive
Patent number
11,393,498
Issue date
Jul 19, 2022
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Masahito Kobayashi
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Head assembly with suspension system for a tape embedded drive
Patent number
10,991,390
Issue date
Apr 27, 2021
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Masahito Kobayashi
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Non-interfering micro-positioning system utilizing piezoelectric el...
Patent number
10,957,362
Issue date
Mar 23, 2021
International Business Machines Corporation
David Harper
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Magnet for motor of magnetic storage device
Patent number
10,916,269
Issue date
Feb 9, 2021
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Toshio Takahashi
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Pivot assembly bearing device and pivot assembly bearing device fab...
Patent number
10,839,834
Issue date
Nov 17, 2020
MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
Kunihiro Tsuchiya
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Power loss data block marking
Patent number
10,643,668
Issue date
May 5, 2020
Seagate Technology LLC
Sundar Poudyal
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Managing storage device media data rates
Patent number
10,629,238
Issue date
Apr 21, 2020
Seagate Technology LLC
Bruce Buch
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Magnetic tape, manufacturing method of magnetic tape, manufacturing...
Patent number
10,600,439
Issue date
Mar 24, 2020
FUJIFILM Corporation
Hodaka Suzuki
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Data storage device sorting execution order of commands based on a...
Patent number
10,522,185
Issue date
Dec 31, 2019
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
David R. Hall
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Reducing vibration transmission in a dual actuator disk drive utili...
Patent number
10,332,555
Issue date
Jun 25, 2019
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Manoj Keshavan
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Split-shaft pivot with interface spacer for a dual-actuator hard di...
Patent number
10,276,194
Issue date
Apr 30, 2019
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Manoj Keshavan
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Split actuator with multiple head stack assemblies bonded to bearin...
Patent number
10,192,575
Issue date
Jan 29, 2019
Seagate Technology LLC
Roger A. Resh
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Apparatus and method for dynamic multiple actuator drive data access
Patent number
10,090,017
Issue date
Oct 2, 2018
Delphi Memory Technologies, Inc.
Larry D. Gartee
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Control device, magnetic disk control system, and control method fo...
Patent number
10,056,107
Issue date
Aug 21, 2018
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Minoru Kurosawa
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Methods of demodulating a servo position error signal on patterned...
Patent number
9,583,137
Issue date
Feb 28, 2017
Marvell International Ltd.
Zining Wu
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Optical disc apparatus and control method thereof
Patent number
9,564,167
Issue date
Feb 7, 2017
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Jae Hyun Kim
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Tolerance ring and method of manufacturing tolerance ring
Patent number
9,429,190
Issue date
Aug 30, 2016
NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
Norihiro Tajima
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Data storage device characterizing geometry of magnetic transitions
Patent number
9,361,939
Issue date
Jun 7, 2016
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Robert E. Eaton
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Patent Application
MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE AND HEAD CONTROL METHOD
Publication number
20240112700
Publication date
Apr 4, 2024
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Takeyori Hara
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Patent Application
CURRENT SENSING CIRCUIT AND HARD DISK DRIVE INCLUDING SAME
Publication number
20240038268
Publication date
Feb 1, 2024
STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
Ezio Galbiati
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Patent Application
DATA STORAGE DEVICE WITH SMART ISOFET THRESHOLD VOLTAGE AUTOMATIC T...
Publication number
20230360680
Publication date
Nov 9, 2023
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Brian Johnson
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Patent Application
Mount Plate With Suspension Circuit Indentations
Publication number
20230267962
Publication date
Aug 24, 2023
Magnecomp Corporation
Kuen Chee Ee
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Patent Application
MAGNETIC HEAD AND MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE
Publication number
20230267961
Publication date
Aug 24, 2023
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Tazumi NAGASAWA
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Multi-Channel Recording Head Having Servo Readers Proximate to Writ...
Publication number
20230253014
Publication date
Aug 10, 2023
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Robert G. BISKEBORN
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Patent Application
DUAL SPINDLE MOTOR HARD DISK DRIVE
Publication number
20230142716
Publication date
May 11, 2023
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Nan-Hsun Han
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MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE
Publication number
20230127221
Publication date
Apr 27, 2023
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Gaku Koizumi
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ROTATING RAMP WITH RETRACTION CAPABILITY FOR A DISK DRIVE
Publication number
20220293131
Publication date
Sep 15, 2022
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Brett R. HERDENDORF
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Patent Application
DATA STORAGE DEVICE DETECTING WRITE POLE DEGRADATION FOR MAGNETIC W...
Publication number
20220262401
Publication date
Aug 18, 2022
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
PIERRE-OLIVIER JUBERT
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DATA STORAGE DEVICE ELIMINATING PREAMBLE FROM SERVO SECTORS
Publication number
20220130420
Publication date
Apr 28, 2022
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
James B. French
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Patent Application
MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE AND SETTING METHOD OF RECORDING REGION
Publication number
20220076702
Publication date
Mar 10, 2022
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Daisuke Kobayashi
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Patent Application
MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE
Publication number
20220036923
Publication date
Feb 3, 2022
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Gaku Koizumi
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Patent Application
HEAD ASSEMBLY WITH SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR A TAPE EMBEDDED DRIVE
Publication number
20210249042
Publication date
Aug 12, 2021
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Masahito KOBAYASHI
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Patent Application
NON-INTERFERING MICRO-POSITIONING SYSTEM UTILIZING PIEZOELECTRIC EL...
Publication number
20210074330
Publication date
Mar 11, 2021
International Business Machines Corporation
David Harper
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MAGNET FOR MOTOR OF MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE
Publication number
20200265868
Publication date
Aug 20, 2020
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Toshio Takahashi
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TAPE EMBEDDED DRIVE
Publication number
20200258544
Publication date
Aug 13, 2020
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Masahito KOBAYASHI
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Patent Application
MAGNETIC TAPE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MAGNETIC TAPE, MANUFACTURING...
Publication number
20190287561
Publication date
Sep 19, 2019
FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Hodaka SUZUKI
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Patent Application
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC MULTIPLE ACTUATOR DRIVE DATA ACCESS
Publication number
20190035427
Publication date
Jan 31, 2019
Delphi Memory Technologies, Inc.
Larry D. Gartee
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Patent Application
CONTROL DEVICE, MAGNETIC DISK CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FO...
Publication number
20180096704
Publication date
Apr 5, 2018
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Minoru KUROSAWA
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MULTI-LAYER STUDS FOR ADVANCED MAGNETIC HEADS AND HIGH HEAD DENSITY...
Publication number
20170061992
Publication date
Mar 2, 2017
HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.
Andrew Chiu
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Patent Application
OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
Publication number
20160284376
Publication date
Sep 29, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Jae Hyun KIM
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Patent Application
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC MULTIPLE ACTUATOR DRIVE DATA ACCESS
Publication number
20160260458
Publication date
Sep 8, 2016
Delphi Memory Technologies, Inc.
Larry D. Gartee
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Patent Application
DUAL SEGREGANT HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING (HAMR) MEDIA
Publication number
20150138939
Publication date
May 21, 2015
HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.
Olav Hellwig
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Patent Application
STITCHED POLE HAVING A TAPERED TIP
Publication number
20150029611
Publication date
Jan 29, 2015
HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.
Venkata R. K. Gorantla
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HEAD STACK ASSEMBLY, HARD DISK DRIVE, AND METHOD OF CONNECTING A HE...
Publication number
20150015990
Publication date
Jan 15, 2015
SAE MAGNETICS (H. K) LTD.
Sidney Shen Kuang Chou
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Patent Application
MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM LUBRICANT MIXTURE AND SYSTEMS THEREOF
Publication number
20140368947
Publication date
Dec 18, 2014
Yoko Saito
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Patent Application
MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD HAVING QUILTED-TYPE COATING
Publication number
20140327986
Publication date
Nov 6, 2014
Robert G. Biskeborn
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ANALOG TUNNELING CURRENT SENSORS FOR USE WITH DISK DRIVE STORAGE DE...
Publication number
20140240870
Publication date
Aug 28, 2014
LSI Corporation
Brad A. Natzke
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TOLERANCE RING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TOLERANCE RING
Publication number
20140147199
Publication date
May 29, 2014
NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
Norihiro Tajima
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