Patents by Inventor Kent Bodurtha

Kent Bodurtha 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).

  • Slider incorporating a thermocouple for detecting thermal asperities
    Patent number: 10410663
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a slider configured for magnetic recording. The slider comprises an air bearing surface (ABS), a writer, a reader, and a plurality of electrical bond pads. A thermocouple is situated at the ABS proximate the reader and coupled to a pair of the electrical bond pads. The thermocouple is dimensioned to sense for a thermal asperity on a surface of a magnetic recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Declan Macken, Kent Bodurtha, Sissay Yoseph, Song Chen