Patents by Inventor Douglas H. Cole

Douglas H. Cole has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Devices including an overcoat layer
    Patent number: 10304482
    Abstract: Devices having an air bearing surface (ABS), the devices include a write pole; a near field transducer (NFT) including a peg and a disc, wherein the peg is at the ABS of the device; an overcoat, the overcoat including a low surface energy layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Yuhang Cheng, Michael Seigler, Scott Franzen, Tong Zhao, Xiaoyue Huang, Steven C. Riemer, Robert Anthony Fernandez, Douglas H. Cole
  • Methods of forming magnetic devices with variable overcoats
    Patent number: 10049689
    Abstract: Methods that include depositing a first layer over the entire surface of a structure, the structure having a magnetic reader and a magnetic writer, wherein the magnetic reader and the magnetic writer are positioned adjacent to each other on a substrate and the magnetic writer includes a near field transducer (NFT); depositing a second layer over the entire surface of the first layer; depositing a photoresist material layer over the entire surface of the second layer, the photoresist material layer having a bottom surface in contact with the second layer and an opposing top surface; exposing the photoresist material layer to radiation through the bottom surface of the photoresist material layer via the NFT to form a first exposed region; and exposing the photoresist material layer to radiation through the top surface of the photoresist material layer to form a second exposed region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Stephan, Douglas H. Cole, Daniel Richard Buettner
  • MAGNETIC DEVICES WITH VARIABLE OVERCOATS
    Publication number: 20180040341
    Abstract: A magnetic device including: a magnetic reader; a magnetic writer; and a variable overcoat, the variable overcoat positioned over at least the magnetic reader and writer, the variable overcoat having an overcoat layer, the overcoat layer having a substantially constant thickness and material; and at least one disparate overcoat portion, the disparate overcoat portion having a different thickness, a different material, or both, than the overcoat layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Edwin Frank Rejda, Joseph Michael Stephan, The Ngoc Nguyen, Neil Zuckerman, Gary J. Kunkel, Douglas H. Cole, Michael A. Seigler, Chris Rea
  • Magnetic devices with variable overcoats
    Patent number: 9792935
    Abstract: A magnetic device including: a magnetic reader; a magnetic writer; and a variable overcoat, the variable overcoat positioned over at least the magnetic reader and writer, the variable overcoat having an overcoat layer, the overcoat layer having a substantially constant thickness and material; and at least one disparate overcoat portion, the disparate overcoat portion having a different thickness, a different material, or both, than the overcoat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Edwin Frank Rejda, Joseph Michael Stephan, The Ngoc Nguyen, Neil Zuckerman, Gary J. Kunkel, Douglas H. Cole, Michael A. Seigler, Chris Rea
  • METHODS OF FORMING MAGNETIC DEVICES WITH VARIABLE OVERCOATS
    Publication number: 20170061994
    Abstract: Methods that include depositing a first layer over the entire surface of a structure, the structure having a magnetic reader and a magnetic writer, wherein the magnetic reader and the magnetic writer are positioned adjacent to each other on a substrate and the magnetic writer includes a near field transducer (NFT); depositing a second layer over the entire surface of the first layer; depositing a photoresist material layer over the entire surface of the second layer, the photoresist material layer having a bottom surface in contact with the second layer and an opposing top surface; exposing the photoresist material layer to radiation through the bottom surface of the photoresist material layer via the NFT to form a first exposed region; and exposing the photoresist material layer to radiation through the top surface of the photoresist material layer to form a second exposed region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Stephan, Douglas H. Cole, Daniel Richard Buettner
  • DEVICES INCLUDING AN OVERCOAT LAYER
    Publication number: 20160275974
    Abstract: Devices having an air bearing surface (ABS), the devices include a write pole; a near field transducer (NFT) including a peg and a disc, wherein the peg is at the ABS of the device; an overcoat, the overcoat including a low surface energy layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Yuhang Cheng, Michael Seigler, Scott Franzen, Tong Zhao, Xiaoyue Huang, Steven C. Riemer, Robert Anthony Fernandez, Douglas H. Cole
  • MAGNETIC DEVICES WITH VARIABLE OVERCOATS
    Publication number: 20140177405
    Abstract: A magnetic device including: a magnetic reader; a magnetic writer; and a variable overcoat, the variable overcoat positioned over at least the magnetic reader and writer, the variable overcoat having an overcoat layer, the overcoat layer having a substantially constant thickness and material; and at least one disparate overcoat portion, the disparate overcoat portion having a different thickness, a different material, or both, than the overcoat layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Edwin Frank Rejda, Joseph Michael Stephan, The Ngoc Nguyen, Neil Zuckerman, Gary J. Kunkel, Douglas H. Cole, Michael A. Seigler, Chris Rea