Gary Joseph Kunkel

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Minneapolis, MN, US

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Articles for lapping stacked row bars having in-wafer ELG circuits
- Patent number 11,344,990
- Issue date May 31, 2022
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Gary J. Kunkel
- B24 - GRINDING POLISHING
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Intelligent defect identification system
- Patent number 11,320,385
- Issue date May 3, 2022
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Kurtis Dean Loken
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Metrology technique that provides true flattening
- Patent number 10,690,697
- Issue date Jun 23, 2020
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Zhiyong Xiao
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Methods and articles for lapping stacked row bars having in-wafer E...
- Patent number 10,518,381
- Issue date Dec 31, 2019
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Gary J. Kunkel
- B24 - GRINDING POLISHING
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Lapping system including one or more lasers, and related methods
- Patent number 10,493,591
- Issue date Dec 3, 2019
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Gary J. Kunkel
- B24 - GRINDING POLISHING
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Write coil cooling arrangement at air bearing surface
- Patent number 10,410,659
- Issue date Sep 10, 2019
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Gary Joseph Kunkel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Automated and accurate high-throughput slider-level flatness inspec...
- Patent number 10,281,268
- Issue date May 7, 2019
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Zhiyu Chen
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Electrically conductive overlay for head-medium contact sensor
- Patent number 10,255,937
- Issue date Apr 9, 2019
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Gary Joseph Kunkel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Write coil cooling arrangement at air bearing surface
- Patent number 10,249,328
- Issue date Apr 2, 2019
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Gary Joseph Kunkel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Sliders having features in the mid gap
- Patent number 10,037,774
- Issue date Jul 31, 2018
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Pietro Ferrero
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Resistive temperature sensors for improved asperity, head-media spa...
- Patent number 9,812,161
- Issue date Nov 7, 2017
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Manuel Charles Anaya-Dufresne
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Magnetic devices with variable overcoats
- Patent number 9,792,935
- Issue date Oct 17, 2017
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Edwin Frank Rejda
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Sliders having features in the mid gap
- Patent number 9,761,260
- Issue date Sep 12, 2017
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Pietro Ferrero
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Slider trailing edge contamination sensor
- Patent number 9,741,375
- Issue date Aug 22, 2017
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Gary Joseph Kunkel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Data writer coil heater
- Patent number 9,564,151
- Issue date Feb 7, 2017
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Gary J. Kunkel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Sliders having at least two regions on the trailing edge surface
- Patent number 9,449,630
- Issue date Sep 20, 2016
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Ajaykumar Rajasekharan
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Resistive temperature sensors for improved asperity, head-media spa...
- Patent number 9,449,629
- Issue date Sep 20, 2016
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Manuel Charles Anaya-Dufresne
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Asperity and head-media contact detection using multi-stage tempera...
- Patent number 9,373,361
- Issue date Jun 21, 2016
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Gary Joseph Kunkel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Resistance temperature sensors for head-media and asperity detection
- Patent number 9,230,594
- Issue date Jan 5, 2016
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Gary Joseph Kunkel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Slider with high and low surface energy coatings proximate transducer
- Patent number 9,214,173
- Issue date Dec 15, 2015
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Gary J. Kunkel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Devices having electrodes on the trailing edge surface
- Patent number 9,202,500
- Issue date Dec 1, 2015
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Gary J. Kunkel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Resistive temperature sensors for improved asperity, head-media spa...
- Patent number 9,123,381
- Issue date Sep 1, 2015
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Manuel Anaya-Dufresne
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Asperity and head-media contact detection using multi-stage tempera...
- Patent number 9,111,572
- Issue date Aug 18, 2015
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Gary Joseph Kunkel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Slider with lubricant control features
- Patent number 8,810,968
- Issue date Aug 19, 2014
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Ajaykumar Rajasekharan
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Asperity and head-media contact detection using multi-stage tempera...
- Patent number 8,760,811
- Issue date Jun 24, 2014
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Gary J. Kunkel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Resistance temperature sensors for head-media and asperity detection
- Patent number 8,737,009
- Issue date May 27, 2014
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Gary J. Kunkel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Slider with improved robustness to particle contact
- Patent number 8,488,278
- Issue date Jul 16, 2013
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Gary Joseph Kunkel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Material deposition on transducing head
- Patent number 8,139,323
- Issue date Mar 20, 2012
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Marsha Anne Huha
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

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ARTICLES FOR LAPPING STACKED ROW BARS HAVING IN-WAFER ELG CIRCUITS
- Publication number 20200147748
- Publication date May 14, 2020
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Gary Joseph Kunkel
- B24 - GRINDING POLISHING
Information Patent Application
INTELLIGENT DEFECT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
- Publication number 20200116650
- Publication date Apr 16, 2020
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Kurtis Dean Loken
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
WRITE COIL COOLING ARRANGEMENT AT AIR BEARING SURFACE
- Publication number 20190172482
- Publication date Jun 6, 2019
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Gary Joseph Kunkel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
IN-WAFER ELG CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR REDUCED BONDING
- Publication number 20190001462
- Publication date Jan 3, 2019
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Gary J. Kunkel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
MAGNETIC DEVICES WITH VARIABLE OVERCOATS
- Publication number 20180040341
- Publication date Feb 8, 2018
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Edwin Frank Rejda
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
WRITE COIL COOLING ARRANGEMENT AT AIR BEARING SURFACE
- Publication number 20170206917
- Publication date Jul 20, 2017
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Gary Joseph Kunkel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
SLIDER TRAILING EDGE CONTAMINATION SENSOR
- Publication number 20170148475
- Publication date May 25, 2017
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Gary Joseph Kunkel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
DATA WRITER COIL HEATER
- Publication number 20170061993
- Publication date Mar 2, 2017
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Gary J. Kunkel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
SLIDERS HAVING AT LEAST TWO REGIONS ON THE TRAILING EDGE SURFACE
- Publication number 20170032809
- Publication date Feb 2, 2017
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Ajaykumar Rajasekharan
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
RESISTIVE TEMPERATURE SENSORS FOR IMPROVED ASPERITY, HEAD-MEDIA SPA...
- Publication number 20160372144
- Publication date Dec 22, 2016
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Manuel Charles Anaya-Dufresne
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
RESISTIVE TEMPERATURE SENSORS FOR IMPROVED ASPERITY, HEAD-MEDIA SPA...
- Publication number 20160019923
- Publication date Jan 21, 2016
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Manuel Charles Anaya-Dufresne
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
SLIDERS HAVING AT LEAST TWO REGIONS ON THE TRAILING EDGE SURFACE
- Publication number 20160019924
- Publication date Jan 21, 2016
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Ajaykumar Rajasekharan
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
ASPERITY AND HEAD-MEDIA CONTACT DETECTION USING MULTI-STAGE TEMPERA...
- Publication number 20150380021
- Publication date Dec 31, 2015
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Gary Joseph Kunkel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
DEVICES HAVING ELECTRODES ON THE TRAILING EDGE SURFACE
- Publication number 20150179201
- Publication date Jun 25, 2015
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Gary J. Kunkel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
SLIDER WITH HIGH AND LOW SURFACE ENERGY COATINGS PROXIMATE TRANSDUCER
- Publication number 20150103444
- Publication date Apr 16, 2015
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Gary J. Kunkel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
RESISTANCE TEMPERATURE SENSORS FOR HEAD-MEDIA AND ASPERITY DETECTION
- Publication number 20140268410
- Publication date Sep 18, 2014
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Gary Joseph Kunkel
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
ASPERITY AND HEAD-MEDIA CONTACT DETECTION USING MULTI-STAGE TEMPERA...
- Publication number 20140268419
- Publication date Sep 18, 2014
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Gary Joseph Kunkel
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
MAGNETIC DEVICES WITH VARIABLE OVERCOATS
- Publication number 20140177405
- Publication date Jun 26, 2014
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Edwin Frank Rejda
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
SLIDER WITH LUBRICANT CONTROL FEATURES
- Publication number 20140168820
- Publication date Jun 19, 2014
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Ajaykumar Rajasekharan
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
Resistance Temperature Sensors for Head-Media and Asperity Detection
- Publication number 20120120519
- Publication date May 17, 2012
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Gary J. Kunkel
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Resistive Temperature Sensors for Improved Asperity, Head-Media Spa...
- Publication number 20120120982
- Publication date May 17, 2012
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Manuel Anaya-Dufresne
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Asperity and Head-Media Contact Detection Using Multi-Stage Tempera...
- Publication number 20120120527
- Publication date May 17, 2012
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Gary J. Kunkel
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
MATERIAL DEPOSITION ON TRANSDUCING HEAD
- Publication number 20110195275
- Publication date Aug 11, 2011
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Marsha Anne Huha
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
SLIDER WITH IMPROVED ROBUSTNESS TO PARTICLE CONTACT
- Publication number 20110096441
- Publication date Apr 28, 2011
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Gary Joseph Kunkel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE

Gary Joseph Kunkel

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Articles for lapping stacked row bars having in-wafer ELG circuits

Intelligent defect identification system

Metrology technique that provides true flattening

Methods and articles for lapping stacked row bars having in-wafer E...

Lapping system including one or more lasers, and related methods

Write coil cooling arrangement at air bearing surface

Automated and accurate high-throughput slider-level flatness inspec...

Electrically conductive overlay for head-medium contact sensor

Write coil cooling arrangement at air bearing surface

Sliders having features in the mid gap

Resistive temperature sensors for improved asperity, head-media spa...

Magnetic devices with variable overcoats

Sliders having features in the mid gap

Slider trailing edge contamination sensor

Data writer coil heater

Sliders having at least two regions on the trailing edge surface

Resistive temperature sensors for improved asperity, head-media spa...

Asperity and head-media contact detection using multi-stage tempera...

Resistance temperature sensors for head-media and asperity detection

Slider with high and low surface energy coatings proximate transducer

Devices having electrodes on the trailing edge surface

Resistive temperature sensors for improved asperity, head-media spa...

Asperity and head-media contact detection using multi-stage tempera...

Slider with lubricant control features

Asperity and head-media contact detection using multi-stage tempera...

Resistance temperature sensors for head-media and asperity detection

Slider with improved robustness to particle contact

Material deposition on transducing head

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

ARTICLES FOR LAPPING STACKED ROW BARS HAVING IN-WAFER ELG CIRCUITS

INTELLIGENT DEFECT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM

WRITE COIL COOLING ARRANGEMENT AT AIR BEARING SURFACE

IN-WAFER ELG CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR REDUCED BONDING

MAGNETIC DEVICES WITH VARIABLE OVERCOATS

WRITE COIL COOLING ARRANGEMENT AT AIR BEARING SURFACE

SLIDER TRAILING EDGE CONTAMINATION SENSOR

DATA WRITER COIL HEATER

SLIDERS HAVING AT LEAST TWO REGIONS ON THE TRAILING EDGE SURFACE

RESISTIVE TEMPERATURE SENSORS FOR IMPROVED ASPERITY, HEAD-MEDIA SPA...

RESISTIVE TEMPERATURE SENSORS FOR IMPROVED ASPERITY, HEAD-MEDIA SPA...

SLIDERS HAVING AT LEAST TWO REGIONS ON THE TRAILING EDGE SURFACE

ASPERITY AND HEAD-MEDIA CONTACT DETECTION USING MULTI-STAGE TEMPERA...

DEVICES HAVING ELECTRODES ON THE TRAILING EDGE SURFACE

SLIDER WITH HIGH AND LOW SURFACE ENERGY COATINGS PROXIMATE TRANSDUCER

RESISTANCE TEMPERATURE SENSORS FOR HEAD-MEDIA AND ASPERITY DETECTION

ASPERITY AND HEAD-MEDIA CONTACT DETECTION USING MULTI-STAGE TEMPERA...

MAGNETIC DEVICES WITH VARIABLE OVERCOATS

SLIDER WITH LUBRICANT CONTROL FEATURES

Resistance Temperature Sensors for Head-Media and Asperity Detection

Resistive Temperature Sensors for Improved Asperity, Head-Media Spa...

Asperity and Head-Media Contact Detection Using Multi-Stage Tempera...

MATERIAL DEPOSITION ON TRANSDUCING HEAD

SLIDER WITH IMPROVED ROBUSTNESS TO PARTICLE CONTACT