G11B 5/1272
Assembling or shaping of elements
Official title: {Assembling or shaping of elements (G11B5/1278 takes precedence)}
G11B5/1272 (Assembling or shaping of elements) appears on 240 US grants and 127 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 240
- Published applications
- 127
- Assignees
- 78
- Inventors
- 506
- Latest grant
- 7 Apr 2026
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| 2024 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Pre-assisting microwave-assisted magnetic recording with spin-torque nano-oscillators7 Apr 2026US 12,597,436 B2Headway Technologies, Inc.
- Suspension flexure forming for gimbaling clearance31 Mar 2026US 12,592,250 B2Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Bonding module and cable design for magnetic tape heads13 Jan 2026US 12,525,254 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Alternative alignment technique for semiconductor device transfer print process4 Nov 2025US 12,462,833 B1Seagate Technology LLC
- Single-grain near-field transducer and process for forming same11 Mar 2025US 12,249,357 B2Seagate Technology LLC
- Pre-Assisting Microwave-Assisted Magnetic Recording With Spin-Torque Nano-Oscillators18 Jun 2026US 2026/0171111 A1Headway Technologies, Inc.
- Pre-Assisting Microwave-Assisted Magnetic Recording With Spin-Torque Nano-Oscillators25 Dec 2025US 2025/0391428 A1Headway Technologies, Inc.
- Bonding module and cable design for magnetic tape heads20 Nov 2025US 2025/0356877 A1International Business Machines Corporation
- Suspension flexure forming for gimbaling clearance24 Jul 2025US 2025/0239273 A1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Single-grain near-field transducer and process for forming same19 Jun 2025US 2025/0201270 A1Seagate Technology LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for providing a perpendicular magnetic recording transducer using a low energy mill148US 8,458,892 B2Western Digital (Fremont), LLC · 2013
- Methods of orienting an easy axis of a high-aspect ratio write head for improved writing efficiency71US 7,237,320 B2Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B. V. · 2007
- Thin film head slider fabrication process61US 5,095,613 ADigital Equipment Corporation · 1992
- Integrated transducer-suspension assembly for vertical recording59US 5,408,373 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1995
- Process for forming a flux enhanced magnetic data transducer57US 5,639,509 AQuantum Peripherals Colorado, Inc. · 1997