Patents Assigned to SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
  • Patent number: 10614841
    Abstract: A thermally assisted magnetic head includes a slider, the slider includes a slider substrate and a magnetic head part. The magnetic head part includes a medium-opposing surface opposing a magnetic recording medium, a light source-opposing surface arranged rear side of the medium-opposing surface, an anti-reflection film formed on the light source-opposing surface, a core layer and a cladding layer. The anti-reflection film includes a stacked structure which a first layer and a second layer are stacked. The second layer is formed with high refractive index dielectric having the refractive index higher than the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Hosoi, Seiichi Takayama, Natsuo Nishijima, Takashi Honda
  • Patent number: 10607641
    Abstract: A thin-film piezoelectric-material element includes a laminated structure part having a lower electrode film, a piezoelectric-material film laminated on the lower electrode film and an upper electrode film laminated on the piezoelectric-material film, a lower piezoelectric-material protective-film being formed with alloy material, and an upper piezoelectric-material protective-film being formed with alloy material. The lower piezoelectric-material protective-film and the upper piezoelectric-material protective-film are formed respectively in the lower side of the lower electrode film and the upper side of the upper electrode film, of the laminated structure part, so as to sandwich the laminated structure part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Xiong, Atsushi Iijima
  • Patent number: 10607636
    Abstract: A system for transition curvature improvement on thermally assisted magnetic recording, includes: an energy source, a thermally assisted magnetic recording head including a magnetic main pole for writing of a thermally assisted magnetic recording medium, a waveguide for directing an energy produced by the energy source, and a PPG including a peg and adjacent to the waveguide, the PPG being for turning the energy into a surface plasmon which travels down the peg to heat the thermally assisted magnetic recording medium. The magnetic main pole includes a first portion enabling a first magnetic field strength and at least one additional portion enabling a magnetic field strength stronger than the first magnetic field strength such that a magnetic field of the magnetic main pole along a horizontal direction thereof enables generation of a substantially straight transition curve while writing on the thermally assisted magnetic recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD.
    Inventors: Wai Yuen Anthony Lai, Shun Kit Ma
  • Patent number: 10566013
    Abstract: A light source unit for thermally-assisted magnetic head includes a substrate member having a bonding surface, multiple layers formed on the bonding surface and comprising a base layer, a connection pad layer, an insulation layer and a bonding layer; a light source assembly attached on the bonding layer of the substrate member and having a laser diode embedded therein and connected to the connection pad layer on the bonding surface, so as to form a laser diode circuit; and a heater buried in the insulation layer and connected to the connection pad layer, so as to form a heater circuit. The light source unit can maintain stable heat power for facilitating performance of the thermally-assisted magnetic head, and further reduce the sizes of the light source unit and substrate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD., HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Honda, Ryo Hosoi, Wah Chun Chan, Makoto Kawato, Dayu Zhou, Koji Shimazawa, Kowang Liu
  • Patent number: 10549984
    Abstract: A MEMS package has a MEMS chip, and a package substrate which the MEMS chip is adhered. The MEMS chip has an element substrate which a movable element is formed. The MEMS package has a plurality of bonding bumps adhered to both of an opposing surface, of the element substrate and the package substrate. The MEMS package has unevenly arranged structure which all the plurality of bonding bumps are unevenly arranged in a part of the opposing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Shiraishi, Toyotaka Kobayashi, Hironobu Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10510371
    Abstract: A light source-unit comprises a laser diode, a sub-mount which the laser diode is joined, and a heater which is joined on a joint surface of the sub-mount. The sub-mount comprises a pair of barrier-members. The barrier-members are formed with lower thermal conductivity material which thermal conductivity is lower than joining metal which is used for joining the laser diode and the sub-mount. The barrier-members are formed on the joint surface so as to sandwich the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Hosoi, Takashi Honda, Seiichi Takayama
  • Patent number: 10486283
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a slider includes steps of: (a) providing a row bar with a plurality of slider elements connecting together; (b) lapping surfaces of the row bar so as to obtain a predetermined requirement; (c) lowering the temperature of the surfaces lapped in the step (b) before and/or during lapping; and (d) cutting the row bar into a plurality of sliders. The present invention can prevent a local high temperature generated on the magnetic head during lapping so that the performance of the magnetic head is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD.
    Inventors: Chiuming Lueng, Mankit Lee, Lorest Garcia Pingul, Yasutoshi Fujita, Cheukman Lui, Chiyuen Mok, Cheukwing Leung, Juren Ding, Rongkwang Ni
  • Patent number: 10490212
    Abstract: A row bar for forming magnetic heads includes a row of magnetic head forming portions each having a magnetic head and a cutting portion adjacent to the magnetic heads. A row of bonding pads and a first ELG pad are provided at the magnetic head, a second ELG pad is provided at the cutting portion, both of the first and the second ELG pads are adapted for contacting with a probe during lapping process, and a conductive structure that is higher than surfaces of the first and the second ELG pads is formed at peripheries of the first and the second ELG pads respectively. Due to the conductive structures, a probe used in lapping process will be prevented from shifting from the ELG pads to ensure a stable contact, thereby obtaining efficient and accurate resistance measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuji Fujii, Shi Xiong Chen, Long Ping Wang, Zeng Hui Zhang
  • Patent number: 10397457
    Abstract: A camera module includes a lens assembly, a voice coil motor assembly, an image sensor assembly and a flash assembly. The lens assembly is installed in the voice coil motor assembly along an optical axis direction, the image sensor assembly is located below the lens assembly, the flash assembly is mounted above the voice coil motor assembly and includes at least one light source located around a lens of the lens assembly, and the light source adapted for providing a flash for the lens. The flash assembly can provide uniform and even flashing light for the lens to improve imaging quality, and provide compact structure to meet the development of the electronic products miniaturization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD.
    Inventors: Yiu Sing Ho, Wen Ju Yang, Jing Shu Shi
  • Patent number: 10389923
    Abstract: A camera module includes a lens assembly, a voice coil motor assembly for receiving and driving the lens assembly, and an image sensor assembly located below the voice coil motor assembly. The voice coil motor assembly comprises a bottom unit that is hollow and a color filter supported by the bottom unit, the color filter, the lens assembly and the image sensor assembly are coaxial, the bottom unit has an upper portion and a lower portion that are integrated together, the upper portion is configured around the lens assembly, and the bottom unit is configured below the lens assembly and supports the color filter. The camera module has simple structure and convenient assembly, can reduce total assembly tolerances of the camera module, achieve an accurate optical axis alignment between the lens and the image sensor, and reduce manufacturing cost to benefit the popularization in industries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD.
    Inventors: Yiu Sing Ho, Fen Yan Li, Wen Ju Yang
  • Patent number: 10311903
    Abstract: A method of testing dynamic performances for a slider body of a thermally-assisted magnetic head includes: providing a slider body which is disconnected with a light source unit; removably mounting the slider body to a test head suspension assembly; keeping to provide a flat top beam to the slider body, the flat top beam being aligned with the optical waveguide, and a projection of an incident end of the optical waveguide being located within a light spot of the flat top beam; and testing the dynamic performance of the slider body. It can save the material cost and labor cost, and eliminate a precise optical alignment between an input light and an optical waveguide in the slider body to improve testing efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD.
    Inventors: Seiichi Takayama, Takashi Honda, Ryuji Fujii, Ryo Hosoi, Kaichiu Cheung, Tsutomu Sasaki, Jingtao Lu, Fanglong Nie
  • Patent number: 10276196
    Abstract: A thin-film piezoelectric material substrate includes an insulator on Si substrate and a thin-film laminated part. The insulator on Si substrate has a substrate for deposition made of silicon and an insulating layer formed on a surface of the substrate for deposition. The thin-film laminated part is formed on a top surface of the insulating layer. The thin-film laminated part has a YZ seed layer including yttrium and zirconium, and formed on the top surface; a lower electrode film laminated on the YZ seed layer; a piezoelectric material film made of lead zirconate titanate, shown by general formula Pb(ZrxTi(1-x))O3, and formed on the lower electrode film; and an upper electrode film laminated on the piezoelectric material film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Xiong, Atsushi Iijima
  • Patent number: 10205371
    Abstract: A voice coil motor includes a housing having a cavity; a movable assembly received in the cavity; a fixing assembly configured outside of the movable assembly; and a first spring plate and a second spring plate configured at an upper surface and a lower surface of the movable assembly respectively. The fixing assembly comprises at least two magnetic elements connected with the first spring plate and a spacer member configured on the second spring plate to connect the second spring plate to the magnetic elements or the housing. The voice coil motor is served as an actuator of electronic products such as digital cameras, mobile phones, and digital cameras, which has thin thickness, good performance and strong applicability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD.
    Inventors: Sidney Chou, Yiu Sing Ho, Kam Fung Yip, Wen Ju Yang, Hai Yang Wu, Shou Sheng Gao, Yong Bing Hu, Guo Hong Lu
  • Patent number: 10181557
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an epitaxial thin film piezoelectric element includes: providing a substrate; forming a bottom electrode layer on the substrate by epitaxial growth process; forming a first piezoelectric layer that has c-axis orientation on the bottom electrode layer by epitaxial growth process; forming a second piezoelectric layer that has c-axis orientation and different phase structure from the first piezoelectric layer on the first piezoelectric layer by epitaxial growth process; and forming a top electrode layer on the second piezoelectric layer. The thin film piezoelectric element has good thermal stability, low temperature coefficient and high piezoelectric constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Xiong, Atsushi Iijima, Takao Noguchi
  • Patent number: 10152992
    Abstract: A light source unit for thermally-assisted magnetic head includes a support member and a light source attached on the support member via a solder, and the light source unit further includes a positioning structure formed between the support member and the light source for positioning the light source and the solder. The light source unit can maintain stable height control of the light source, prevent solder over flow and prevent the light source from shifting and moving during the bonding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Hosoi, Seiichi Takayama, Takashi Honda
  • Publication number: 20180282896
    Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing method of a ferroelectric crystal film in which an orientation of a seed crystal film is transferred preferably and a film deposition rate is suitable for volume production. A seed crystal film is formed on a substrate in epitaxial growth by a sputtering method, an amorphous film including ferroelectric material is formed over the seed crystal film by a spin-coat coating method, the seed crystal film and the amorphous film are heated in an oxygen atmosphere for oxidation and crystallization of the amorphous film, and thereby a ferroelectric coated-and-sintered crystal film is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicants: YOUTEC CO., LTD., SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi KIJIMA, Yuuji HONDA, Daisuke IITSUKA, Kenjirou HATA
  • Patent number: 10061084
    Abstract: A coupling structure of optical components has a first optical component, a second optical component and a coupling solder layer. The first optical component has a lensed fiber, a first holder holding the lensed fiber and a first metal layer formed on a first connecting end face of the first holder. The second optical component has a waveguide, a second holder holding the waveguide and a second metal layer formed on a second connecting end face of the second holder. The coupling solder layer is in direct contact with both of the first metal layer and the second metal layer, and formed with solder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD.
    Inventors: Seiichi Takayama, Kiyohiko Abe, Ryuji Fujii, Takashi Honda, Shi Xiong Chen, Osamu Harakawa
  • Patent number: 10042139
    Abstract: A camera lens module includes a case and a bottom coupled with the case to form an accommodating space, having an upper spring, a lens assembly and a lower spring accommodated in the accommodating space. The lens assembly includes a lens barrel main body and a group of lenses provided in the lens barrel main body. An upper end of the lens barrel main body is suspended on the upper spring, and a lower end of the lens barrel main body is suspended on the lower spring. The upper spring is connected with the case, and the lower spring is connected with the bottom. In the camera lens module, the lens assembly is directly suspended on upper and lower springs. This eliminates the camera lens mount of existing camera lens module as well as the connecting screw structure between the camera lens mount and the lens barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Yiu Sing Ho, Yong Bing Hu
  • Patent number: 10040140
    Abstract: A nozzle for connecting or disconnecting solder joints between head bonding pads of in a hard disk drive, includes a nozzle body including a tip, the tip disposed at a distal end of the nozzle body and configured to deliver or reflow a solder ball in proximity to head bonding pads; and a central duct disposed along a central axis of the nozzle body and configured to convey the solder ball to or from the tip. The tip includes a front face facing to a trailing edge of a slider, a back face facing to a top surface of a suspension supporting the slider, and two side faces adjacent to the front face and back face respectively, and at least one interference-free structure is provided at two adjacent faces of the tip at least, thereby no interference happens between the tip and elements adjacent to the slider during the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD.
    Inventors: Chiwai Lo, Shenkuang Chou, Yiusing Ho, Kayip Wong, Xiangyuan Tan, Junqun Zhang
  • Patent number: 10017874
    Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing method of a ferroelectric crystal film in which an orientation of a seed crystal film is transferred preferably and a film deposition rate is suitable for volume production. A seed crystal film is formed on a substrate in epitaxial growth by a sputtering method, an amorphous film including ferroelectric material is formed over the seed crystal film by a spin-coat coating method, the seed crystal film and the amorphous film are heated in an oxygen atmosphere for oxidation and crystallization of the amorphous film, and thereby a ferroelectric coated-and-sintered crystal film is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignees: YOUTEC CO., LTD., SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kijima, Yuuji Honda, Daisuke Iitsuka, Kenjirou Hata