Patents by Inventor Hiroyasu Masuda

Hiroyasu Masuda 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).

  • Patent number: 12020733
    Abstract: Various illustrative aspects are directed to a data storage device comprising data tracks N and N?1, and one or more processing devices, configured to identify, during a track write on the data track N, a write abort event based upon an expected risk for the data track N?1 exceeding a risk threshold, read one or more sectors of the data track N?1 and collect one or more corresponding sector metrics, verify the one or more sectors based upon the collected sector metrics, wherein the verifying comprises assigning each of the one or more sectors as one of a readable or a non-readable sector, and continue the track write on the data track N upon determining each of the one or more sectors is a readable sector, or recovering and relocating the data track N?1 based on determining at least one of the sectors is a non-readable sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Niranjay Ravindran, Weldon M. Hanson, Hiroyasu Masuda, David T. Flynn, Zarko Popov
  • Publication number: 20230335158
    Abstract: Various illustrative aspects are directed to a data storage device comprising data tracks N and N?1, and one or more processing devices, configured to identify, during a track write on the data track N, a write abort event based upon an expected risk for the data track N?1 exceeding a risk threshold, read one or more sectors of the data track N?1 and collect one or more corresponding sector metrics, verify the one or more sectors based upon the collected sector metrics, wherein the verifying comprises assigning each of the one or more sectors as one of a readable or a non-readable sector, and continue the track write on the data track N upon determining each of the one or more sectors is a readable sector, or recovering and relocating the data track N?1 based on determining at least one of the sectors is a non-readable sector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Niranjay Ravindran, Weldon M. Hanson, Hiroyasu Masuda, David T. Flynn, Zarko Popov
  • Patent number: 9446357
    Abstract: An aeration apparatus includes an injection nozzle provided at one of the open ends of a main body formed in the shape of a cylinder. When the injection nozzle is immersed in a liquid, the main body stands upright such that the injection nozzle is on a lower side, and gas is injected inside the main body from the injection nozzle to disperse the gas. The injection nozzle is disposed such that a center line of an injection port formed at the tip of the injection nozzle intersects the inner flow channel surface at a position lower than a blade member disposed in the lowest stage, and such that the angle formed between the center line and the vertical direction is not greater than 45 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SOLACE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Masuda, Hiroyasu Masuda
  • Publication number: 20150306551
    Abstract: An aeration apparatus includes an injection nozzle provided at one of the open ends of a main body formed in the shape of a cylinder. When the injection nozzle is immersed in a liquid, the main body stands upright such that the injection nozzle is on a lower side, and gas is injected inside the main body from the injection nozzle to disperse the gas. The injection nozzle is disposed such that a center line of an injection port formed at the tip of the injection nozzle intersects the inner flow channel surface at a position lower than a blade member disposed in the lowest stage, and such that the angle formed between the center line and the vertical direction is not greater than 45 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Yasuhiko MASUDA, Hiroyasu MASUDA
  • Patent number: 8553362
    Abstract: A magnetic write head for magnetic data recording that incorporates a novel magnetic oscillation generator stricture that sets up a magnetic oscillation in the magnetic media for improving writing and that also narrows the write width and reduces adjacent track interference by suppressing writing in regions outside of the desired data track. The magnetic oscillation generating structure includes a centrally disposed magnetic assist element that generates an oscillating magnetic field that oscillates in a direction that will assist the write pole in writing to the magnetic medium. The magnetic oscillation generating structure also includes first and second magnetic non-assist elements at either side of the assist element. The non-assist elements generate a magnetic field that oscillates in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, which counteracts the magnetic write assist from the centrally disposed magnetic assist element and acts to suppress writing in these side regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: HGST Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Tanabe, Hiroyasu Masuda
  • Publication number: 20130057983
    Abstract: A magnetic write head for magnetic data recording that incorporates a novel magnetic oscillation generator stricture that sets up a magnetic oscillation in the magnetic media for improving writing and that also narrows the write width and reduces adjacent track interference by suppressing writing in regions outside of the desired data track. The magnetic oscillation generating structure includes a centrally disposed magnetic assist element that generates an oscillating magnetic field that oscillates in a direction that will assist the write pole in writing to the magnetic medium. The magnetic oscillation generating structure also includes first and second magnetic non-assist elements at either side of the assist element. The non-assist elements generate a magnetic field that oscillates in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, which counteracts the magnetic write assist from the centrally disposed magnetic assist element and acts to suppress writing in these side regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Tanabe, Hiroyasu Masuda
  • Patent number: 7982991
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention help to efficiently determine the appropriate setting of the write current of a magnetic head relative to temperature. According to one embodiment, a test computer determines the set value of a write current as a function of temperature for each head device portion from the relationship between a write current and an error rate. A test execution controller sets a selected head device portion and a write current to an AE, and writes data on a magnetic disk using the components in a HDD. The test execution controller reads the written data, and the error rate of the data from an error correcting section. The test execution controller repeats the same process with the write current varied. Upon completion of the measurement at the preset write currents, the test execution controller transfers the measurement data to the test computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Junzoh Noda, Masahiro Shimizu, Kouji Matsuda, Hiroyasu Masuda, Atsushi Tobari
  • Patent number: 7894149
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention precisely measure clearance variation by temperature change using a value in a RW channel. In an embodiment of the present invention, an HDD measures resolution by signals in a RW channel. The measured resolution shows variations depending on temperature according to two factors. One factor is the clearance variation depending on the temperature and the other is the variation in operational property of the RW channel depending on the temperature. The HDD compensates for the temperature variation of the resolution according to the two factors. The HDD uses two kinds of sensed temperature. One corresponds to the temperature inside an enclosure in which head sliders are provided and the other corresponds to the temperature of the chip in which the RW channel is implemented. Sensing the drive temperature and the channel temperature independently achieves precise compensation for the variation in the measured resolution caused by clearance variation and channel property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Netherlands, B.V.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Masuda, Yoshihiko Maeda, Kenichi Kuramoto, Masayuki Kurita, Kenji Kuroki
  • Publication number: 20090201598
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention precisely measure clearance variation by temperature change using a value in a RW channel. In an embodiment of the present invention, an HDD measures resolution by signals in a RW channel. The measured resolution shows variations depending on temperature according to two factors. One factor is the clearance variation depending on the temperature and the other is the variation in operational property of the RW channel depending on the temperature. The HDD compensates for the temperature variation of the resolution according to the two factors. The HDD uses two kinds of sensed temperature. One corresponds to the temperature inside an enclosure in which head sliders are provided and the other corresponds to the temperature of the chip in which the RW channel is implemented. Sensing the drive temperature and the channel temperature independently achieves precise compensation for the variation in the measured resolution caused by clearance variation and channel property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Masuda, Yoshihiko Maeda, Kenichi Kuramoto, Masayuki Kurita, Kenji Kuroki
  • Publication number: 20070273993
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention help to efficiently determine the appropriate setting of the write current of a magnetic head relative to temperature. According to one embodiment, a test computer determines the set value of a write current as a function of temperature for each head device portion from the relationship between a write current and an error rate. A test execution controller sets a selected head device portion and a write current to an AE, and writes data on a magnetic disk using the components in a HDD. The test execution controller reads the written data, and the error rate of the data from an error correcting section. The test execution controller repeats the same process with the write current varied. Upon completion of the measurement at the preset write currents, the test execution controller transfers the measurement data to the test computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Junzoh Noda, Masahiro Shimizu, Kouji Matsuda, Hiroyasu Masuda, Atsushi Tobari