G11B 11/10552
Arrangements of transducers relative to each other
Official title: {Arrangements of transducers relative to each other, e.g. coupled heads, optical and magnetic head on the same base (for relative movement of transducers G11B11/10573)}
G11B11/10552 (Arrangements of transducers relative to each other) appears on 386 US grants and 143 published applications in this corpus.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for increasing data rate and storage density in 3-dimensional optical data storage media2 Jul 2024US 12,027,178 B2Folio Photonics, Inc.
- Systems and methods for increasing data rate and storage density in multilayer optical discs27 Sep 2022US 11,456,010 B2Folio Photonics, Inc.
- Near-field transducer having enlarged portion matching outline shape of heat sink20 Jun 2017US 9,685,202 B1Seagate Technology LLC
- Waveguide of a write head with reduced cross sectional area proximate a near-field transducer31 Jan 2017US 9,558,764 B2Seagate Technology LLC
- Anti-reflection waveguide for heat-assisted magnetic recording31 Jan 2017US 9,558,769 B1HGST Netherlands B. V.
- Systems and methods for increasing data rate and storage density in 3-dimensional optical data storage media26 Jan 2023US 2023/0024379 A1Folio Photonics, Inc.
- Systems and methods for increasing data rate and storage density in multilayer optical discs24 Dec 2020US 2020/0402534 A1Folio Photonics, Inc.
- Waveguide of a write head with reduced cross sectional area proximate a near-field transducer28 Apr 2016US 2016/0118069 A1Seagate Technology LLC
- Waveguide of a write head with reduced crosstrack width proximate a near-field transducer28 Apr 2016US 2016/0118070 A1Seagate Technology LLC
- Grating based laser and power monitor for a heat-assisted magnetic recording device12 Feb 2015US 2015/0043317 A1Seagate Technology LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- High numerical aperture optical focusing device having a conical incident facet and a parabolic reflector for use in data storage systems185US 6,377,535 B1Read-Rite Corporation · 2002
- High numerical aperture optical focusing device for use in data storage systems179US 6,185,051 B2Read-Rite Corporation · 2001
- Near field magneto-optical head made using wafer processing techniques167US 6,130,779 ARead-Rite Corporation · 2000
- High numerical aperture optical focusing device for use in data storage systems165US 6,229,782 B1Read-Rite Corporation · 2001
- Wafer processing techniques for near field magneto-optical head156US 6,094,803 ARead-Rite Corporation · 2000