Patents by Inventor Hathai Panitchakan

Hathai Panitchakan 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).

  • Disk drive magnetic read head with affixed and recessed laser device
    Patent number: 8665677
    Abstract: A disk drive read head includes a slider. The slider has an air bearing surface, a trailing face, and a mounting face opposite the air bearing surface. The mounting face includes a mounting face recession. An interior surface of the mounting face recession includes an electrically conductive terminal. The read head also includes a magnetic transducer disposed on the trailing face of the slider. The read head also includes a laser device affixed to the electrically conductive terminal by a solder material. The laser device is at least partially recessed into the mounting face recession.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Western Digital (Fremont), LLC
    Inventors: Hathai Panitchakan, Kittikom Nontprasat, Prasertsak Naksakul, Chupong Pakpum