Patents by Inventor Mark Thornley

Mark Thornley 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).

  • Flexible media thin-film slider with wear resistant extension
    Publication number: 20040196594
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are storage device sliders incorporatig thin-film sensors and wear resistant extensions. Also disclosed herein are data storage devices and assemblies utilizing those sliders. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Michael F. Dickson, Jeffrey L. Felt, Bart J. Ewer, David L. Hall, David C. De Young, Mark Thornley, R. Matthew Palmer
  • In-situ fly height measurement device for a magnetic disk drive slider
    Publication number: 20030007279
    Abstract: A data recording system has a displacement sensitive optical element on the slider carrying read/write heads into engagement with a recording medium. The displacement sensitive optical element includes a laser diode and a semiconductor detector of laser light emitted by the diode and reflected from the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Paul Johnson, Mark Thornley, Kristin A.M. Scott, Yiping Ma