Patents by Inventor Jay A. Loven

Jay A. Loven 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).

  • Magnetic device containing a heater
    Patent number: 8760808
    Abstract: An apparatus that includes a writer that includes a write pole, at least one return pole, a writer coil and a write pole tip, wherein the write coil wraps around the write pole such that the flow of electrical current through the write coil generates a magnetic flux at the write pole tip, and wherein the write coil has a writer coil shape; and a heater that includes a resistive material, wherein the heater has a heater shape that substantially matches the writer coil shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Richard Heim, Erik J. Hutchinson, Steve A. Mastain, Jay A. Loven, Anthony M. Mack
  • MAGNETIC DEVICE CONTAINING A HEATER
    Publication number: 20110267715
    Abstract: An apparatus that includes a writer that includes a write pole, at least one return pole, a writer coil and a write pole tip, wherein the write coil wraps around the write pole such that the flow of electrical current through the write coil generates a magnetic flux at the write pole tip, and wherein the write coil has a writer coil shape; and a heater that includes a resistive material, wherein the heater has a heater shape that substantially matches the writer coil shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Richard Heim, Erik J. Hutchinson, Steve A. Mastain, Jay A. Loven, Anthony M. Mack