James Gary Wessel

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Savage, MN, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Thermal management of laser diode mode hopping for heat assisted me...
- Patent number 11,961,543
- Issue date Apr 16, 2024
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Karim Tatah
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Slider with bond pad arrangements
- Patent number 11,935,569
- Issue date Mar 19, 2024
- Seagate Technology LLC
- James Gary Wessel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Heat-assisted magnetic recording head with a laser heater
- Patent number 11,798,580
- Issue date Oct 24, 2023
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Nils Jan Gokemeijer
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Heat sinking layer between a substrate and encasing layers of a rec...
- Patent number 11,790,939
- Issue date Oct 17, 2023
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Helene Parwana Habibi
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Heat-assisted magnetic recording head with a heat sink and a diffus...
- Patent number 11,646,058
- Issue date May 9, 2023
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Martin Giles Blaber
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Method of processing a slider
- Patent number 11,636,875
- Issue date Apr 25, 2023
- Seagate Technology LLC
- James Gary Wessel
- B24 - GRINDING POLISHING
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Magnetic storage writer with non-uniform coil thickness
- Patent number 11,631,425
- Issue date Apr 18, 2023
- Seagate Technology LLC
- James Wessel
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Heat-assisted magnetic recording device incorporating laser heater...
- Patent number 11,456,011
- Issue date Sep 27, 2022
- Seagate Technology LLC
- James Gary Wessel
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Thermal management of laser diode mode hopping for heat assisted me...
- Patent number 11,450,346
- Issue date Sep 20, 2022
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Karim Tatah
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Heat sinking layer between a substrate and encasing layers of a rec...
- Patent number 11,217,273
- Issue date Jan 4, 2022
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Helene Parwana Habibi
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Heat-assisted magnetic recording device incorporating laser heater...
- Patent number 11,100,951
- Issue date Aug 24, 2021
- Seagate Technology LLC
- James Gary Wessel
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Method of processing a slider
- Patent number 11,037,585
- Issue date Jun 15, 2021
- Seagate Technology LLC
- James Gary Wessel
- Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
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Heat-assisted magnetic recording device incorporating laser diode t...
- Patent number 10,943,608
- Issue date Mar 9, 2021
- Seagate Technology LLC
- James Gary Wessel
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Thermal management of laser diode mode hopping for heat assisted me...
- Patent number 10,902,876
- Issue date Jan 26, 2021
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Karim Tatah
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Heat-assisted magnetic recording device incorporating laser heater...
- Patent number 10,783,918
- Issue date Sep 22, 2020
- Seagate Technology LLC
- James Gary Wessel
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Devices including a diffusion barrier layer
- Patent number 10,699,732
- Issue date Jun 30, 2020
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Yuhang Cheng
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Contact detection and laser power monitoring sensor for heat-assist...
- Patent number 10,657,998
- Issue date May 19, 2020
- Seagate Technology LLC
- James Gary Wessel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Heat-assisted magnetic recording device incorporating laser diode t...
- Patent number 10,580,446
- Issue date Mar 3, 2020
- Seagate Technology LLC
- James Gary Wessel
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Thermal management of laser diode mode hopping for heat assisted me...
- Patent number 10,540,998
- Issue date Jan 21, 2020
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Karim Tatah
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Bolometer with temperature compensation for internal laser power mo...
- Patent number 10,410,669
- Issue date Sep 10, 2019
- Seagate Technology LLC
- James Gary Wessel
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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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
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Leading edge thermal sensor for a heat-assisted magnetic recording...
- Patent number 10,395,680
- Issue date Aug 27, 2019
- Seagate Technology LLC
- James Gary Wessel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Thermal management of laser diode mode hopping for heat assisted me...
- Patent number 10,325,622
- Issue date Jun 18, 2019
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Karim Tatah
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Contact detection and laser power monitoring sensor for heat-assist...
- Patent number 10,297,282
- Issue date May 21, 2019
- Seagate Technology LLC
- James Gary Wessel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Near-field transducer with a dielectric slit at internal surfaces f...
- Patent number 10,283,152
- Issue date May 7, 2019
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Chubing Peng
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Laser diode with integrated temperature control unit for a heat-ass...
- Patent number 10,283,151
- Issue date May 7, 2019
- Seagate Technology LLC
- James Gary Wessel
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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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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Bond pad sharing in head slider using null point center tap
- Patent number 10,186,291
- Issue date Jan 22, 2019
- Seagate Technology LLC
- Narayanan Ramakrishnan
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Heat-assisted magnetic recording head configured to conduct heat aw...
- Patent number 10,147,446
- Issue date Dec 4, 2018
- Seagate Technology LLC
- James Gary Wessel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Optically opaque overlay for a waveguide of a heat-assisted magneti...
- Patent number 10,127,937
- Issue date Nov 13, 2018
- Seagate Technology LLC
- James Gary Wessel
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Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

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HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING WRITER HAVING A NOTCHED WRITE POLE
- Publication number 20240331724
- Publication date Oct 3, 2024
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- James G. Wessel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
SLIDER WITH BOND PAD ARRANGEMENTS
- Publication number 20230230615
- Publication date Jul 20, 2023
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- James Gary Wessel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF LASER DIODE MODE HOPPING FOR HEAT ASSISTED ME...
- Publication number 20230041735
- Publication date Feb 9, 2023
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Karim Tatah
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
HEAT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE INCORPORATING LASER HEATER...
- Publication number 20210383831
- Publication date Dec 9, 2021
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- James Gary Wessel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
DUAL PURPOSE BOND PADS FOR HEAD SLIDERS AND METHODS OF PROCESSING A...
- Publication number 20210295863
- Publication date Sep 23, 2021
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- James Gary Wessel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF LASER DIODE MODE HOPPING FOR HEAT ASSISTED ME...
- Publication number 20210166727
- Publication date Jun 3, 2021
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Karim Tatah
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
HEAT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE INCORPORATING LASER HEATER...
- Publication number 20200365181
- Publication date Nov 19, 2020
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- James Gary Wessel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF LASER DIODE MODE HOPPING FOR HEAT ASSISTED ME...
- Publication number 20200118590
- Publication date Apr 16, 2020
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Karim Tatah
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
HEAT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE INCORPORATING LASER HEATER...
- Publication number 20200118591
- Publication date Apr 16, 2020
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- James Gary Wessel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
HEAT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE INCORPORATING LASER DIODE T...
- Publication number 20200098392
- Publication date Mar 26, 2020
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- James Gary Wessel
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
DUAL PURPOSE BOND PADS FOR HEAD SLIDERS
- Publication number 20190333532
- Publication date Oct 31, 2019
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- James Gary Wessel
- B24 - GRINDING POLISHING
Information Patent Application
THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF LASER DIODE MODE HOPPING FOR HEAT ASSISTED ME...
- Publication number 20190259418
- Publication date Aug 22, 2019
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Karim Tatah
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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
THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF LASER DIODE MODE HOPPING FOR HEAT ASSISTED ME...
- Publication number 20180233171
- Publication date Aug 16, 2018
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Karim Tatah
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
DEVICES INCLUDING A DIFFUSION BARRIER LAYER
- Publication number 20180090160
- Publication date Mar 29, 2018
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Yuhang Cheng
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
INTERCONNECT INTERPOSER ATTACHABLE TO A TRAILING EDGE OF A SLIDER
- Publication number 20170372733
- Publication date Dec 28, 2017
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Kevin Anthony McNeill
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
BOLOMETER FOR INTERNAL LASER POWER MONITORING IN HEAT-ASSISTED MAGN...
- Publication number 20170263282
- Publication date Sep 14, 2017
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- John Charles Duda
- 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
BOLOMETER FOR INTERNAL LASER POWER MONITORING IN HEAT-ASSISTED MAGN...
- Publication number 20160284372
- Publication date Sep 29, 2016
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- John Charles Duda
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
LASER DIODE UNIT WITH ENHANCED THERMAL CONDUCTION TO SLIDER
- Publication number 20160247527
- Publication date Aug 25, 2016
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Yuhang Cheng
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
LASER DIODE SUBMOUNT/SLIDER INTERFACE WITH REDUCED THERMAL RESISTANCE
- Publication number 20160247528
- Publication date Aug 25, 2016
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Zoran Jandric
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF LASER DIODE MODE HOPPING FOR HEAT ASSISTED ME...
- Publication number 20160189741
- Publication date Jun 30, 2016
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Karim Tatah
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
DEVICES INCLUDING A DIFFUSION BARRIER LAYER
- Publication number 20160133280
- Publication date May 12, 2016
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Yuhang Cheng
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
WAVEGUIDE OF A WRITE HEAD WITH REDUCED CROSS SECTIONAL AREA PROXIMA...
- Publication number 20160118069
- Publication date Apr 28, 2016
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Ruoxi Yang
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
HEAT ASSISTED MEDIA RECORDING DEVICE WITH REDUCED LIKELIHOOD OF LAS...
- Publication number 20160087401
- Publication date Mar 24, 2016
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- James Gary Wessel
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF LASER DIODE MODE HOPPING FOR HEAT ASSISTED ME...
- Publication number 20160087402
- Publication date Mar 24, 2016
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Karim Tatah
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
APPARATUS WITH FIRST AND SECOND CLOSE POINTS ON MEDIA-FACING SURFAC...
- Publication number 20160064029
- Publication date Mar 3, 2016
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Neil Zuckerman
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
NEAR-FIELD TRANSDUCER PEG ENCAPSULATION
- Publication number 20150340050
- Publication date Nov 26, 2015
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- James Gary Wessel
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
OPTICAL REFLECTORS FOR USE WITH A NEAR-FIELD TRANSDUCER
- Publication number 20150325261
- Publication date Nov 12, 2015
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Ruoxi Yang
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
WAVEGUIDE CORE LAYER WITH REDUCED DOWNTRACK THICKNESS PROXIMATE A N...
- Publication number 20150302874
- Publication date Oct 22, 2015
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- Pierre Asselin
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James Gary Wessel

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Thermal management of laser diode mode hopping for heat assisted me...

Slider with bond pad arrangements

Heat-assisted magnetic recording head with a laser heater

Heat sinking layer between a substrate and encasing layers of a rec...

Heat-assisted magnetic recording head with a heat sink and a diffus...

Method of processing a slider

Magnetic storage writer with non-uniform coil thickness

Heat-assisted magnetic recording device incorporating laser heater...

Thermal management of laser diode mode hopping for heat assisted me...

Heat sinking layer between a substrate and encasing layers of a rec...

Heat-assisted magnetic recording device incorporating laser heater...

Method of processing a slider

Heat-assisted magnetic recording device incorporating laser diode t...

Thermal management of laser diode mode hopping for heat assisted me...

Heat-assisted magnetic recording device incorporating laser heater...

Devices including a diffusion barrier layer

Contact detection and laser power monitoring sensor for heat-assist...

Heat-assisted magnetic recording device incorporating laser diode t...

Thermal management of laser diode mode hopping for heat assisted me...

Bolometer with temperature compensation for internal laser power mo...

Write coil cooling arrangement at air bearing surface

Leading edge thermal sensor for a heat-assisted magnetic recording...

Thermal management of laser diode mode hopping for heat assisted me...

Contact detection and laser power monitoring sensor for heat-assist...

Near-field transducer with a dielectric slit at internal surfaces f...

Laser diode with integrated temperature control unit for a heat-ass...

Write coil cooling arrangement at air bearing surface

Bond pad sharing in head slider using null point center tap

Heat-assisted magnetic recording head configured to conduct heat aw...

Optically opaque overlay for a waveguide of a heat-assisted magneti...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING WRITER HAVING A NOTCHED WRITE POLE

SLIDER WITH BOND PAD ARRANGEMENTS

THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF LASER DIODE MODE HOPPING FOR HEAT ASSISTED ME...

HEAT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE INCORPORATING LASER HEATER...

DUAL PURPOSE BOND PADS FOR HEAD SLIDERS AND METHODS OF PROCESSING A...

THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF LASER DIODE MODE HOPPING FOR HEAT ASSISTED ME...

HEAT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE INCORPORATING LASER HEATER...

THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF LASER DIODE MODE HOPPING FOR HEAT ASSISTED ME...

HEAT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE INCORPORATING LASER HEATER...

HEAT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE INCORPORATING LASER DIODE T...

DUAL PURPOSE BOND PADS FOR HEAD SLIDERS

THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF LASER DIODE MODE HOPPING FOR HEAT ASSISTED ME...

WRITE COIL COOLING ARRANGEMENT AT AIR BEARING SURFACE

THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF LASER DIODE MODE HOPPING FOR HEAT ASSISTED ME...

DEVICES INCLUDING A DIFFUSION BARRIER LAYER

INTERCONNECT INTERPOSER ATTACHABLE TO A TRAILING EDGE OF A SLIDER

BOLOMETER FOR INTERNAL LASER POWER MONITORING IN HEAT-ASSISTED MAGN...

WRITE COIL COOLING ARRANGEMENT AT AIR BEARING SURFACE

BOLOMETER FOR INTERNAL LASER POWER MONITORING IN HEAT-ASSISTED MAGN...

LASER DIODE UNIT WITH ENHANCED THERMAL CONDUCTION TO SLIDER

LASER DIODE SUBMOUNT/SLIDER INTERFACE WITH REDUCED THERMAL RESISTANCE

THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF LASER DIODE MODE HOPPING FOR HEAT ASSISTED ME...

DEVICES INCLUDING A DIFFUSION BARRIER LAYER

WAVEGUIDE OF A WRITE HEAD WITH REDUCED CROSS SECTIONAL AREA PROXIMA...

HEAT ASSISTED MEDIA RECORDING DEVICE WITH REDUCED LIKELIHOOD OF LAS...

THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF LASER DIODE MODE HOPPING FOR HEAT ASSISTED ME...

APPARATUS WITH FIRST AND SECOND CLOSE POINTS ON MEDIA-FACING SURFAC...

NEAR-FIELD TRANSDUCER PEG ENCAPSULATION

OPTICAL REFLECTORS FOR USE WITH A NEAR-FIELD TRANSDUCER

WAVEGUIDE CORE LAYER WITH REDUCED DOWNTRACK THICKNESS PROXIMATE A N...