Patents by Inventor Christopher Anthony Markey

Christopher Anthony Markey 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).

  • Read/write head with a switching element coupled to read or write transducers
    Patent number: 9613642
    Abstract: A read/write head includes two or more first transducers of a first type, the first type selected from a magnetic read transducer and a magnetic write transducer. The read/write head includes one or more switching elements coupled to the two or more first transducers. The switching elements are configured to, in response to a control signal, couple a selected one of the two or more first transducers to a preamplifier circuit and decouple others of the two or more first transducers from the preamplifier circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Mehmet Fatih Erden, Christopher Anthony Markey, Jon D. Trantham