Patents by Inventor Frances Paula McElhinney

Frances Paula McElhinney 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).

  • Manufacturing method for reader side shield
    Patent number: 10593356
    Abstract: A magnetoresistive (MR) sensor shield shields against both down track and cross-track interference and is formed in a single deposition step. A “tail” portion of the shield is eliminated by including a non-magnetic material adjacent to opposite sides of a middle portion of the sensor stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Xin Cao, Frances Paula McElhinney, Jiansheng Xu, Marcus Winston Ormston
  • READER SIDE SHIELD
    Publication number: 20170004852
    Abstract: The implementations disclosed herein allow for formation of a magnetoresistive (MR) sensor shield that shields against both down track and cross-track interference. The shield can be formed in a single deposition step. In one implementation of the disclosed technology, a “tail” portion of the shield is eliminated by including a non-magnetic material adjacent to opposite sides of a middle portion of the sensor stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Xin Cao, Frances Paula McElhinney, Jiansheng Xu, Marcus Winston Ormston
  • Reader side shield
    Patent number: 9472214
    Abstract: A magnetoresistive (MR) sensor shield shields against both down track and cross-track interference. The shield can be formed in a single deposition step. In one implementation of the disclosed technology, a “tail” portion of the shield is eliminated by including a non-magnetic material adjacent to opposite sides of a middle portion of the sensor stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Xin Cao, Frances Paula McElhinney, Jiansheng Xu, Marcus Winston Ormston
  • Data reader with back edge surface
    Patent number: 8922954
    Abstract: A data reader can be configured with at least a magnetically responsive lamination that has a first portion with a first stripe height from an air bearing surface (ABS) and a second portion with a different second stripe height from the ABS. The first portion can be constructed to have a back edge surface shaped at a predetermined angle relative to the ABS by a back edge feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Xin Cao, Frances Paula McElhinney, Jiansheng Xu, Marcus Winston Ormston
  • DATA READER WITH BACK EDGE SURFACE
    Publication number: 20140327988
    Abstract: A data reader can be configured with at least a magnetically responsive lamination that has a first portion with a first stripe height from an air bearing surface (ABS) and a second portion with a different second stripe height from the ABS. The first portion can be constructed to have a back edge surface shaped at a predetermined angle relative to the ABS by a back edge feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Xin Cao, Frances Paula McElhinney, Jiansheng Xu, Marcus Winston Ormston