Patents by Inventor Meherab Amaria

Meherab Amaria 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).

  • Method and apparatus to detect and mitigate contamination between a read/write head and a recording medium
    Patent number: 9542963
    Abstract: A first adaptive fly height measurement is performed between a read/write head and a recording medium during a stage of qualification testing of a magnetic disk drive. A second adaptive fly height measurement of the read/write head is performed during a subsequent stage of the qualification testing. In response to determining that a fly height decrease between the first and second adaptive fly height measurements is above a threshold value, a mitigation operation is performed to remove a contaminant from a media-facing surface of the read/write head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Qun Zang, Meherab Amaria, Ying Lin, Aaron Jacobs, Daniel Brown
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETECT AND MITIGATE CONTAMINATION BETWEEN A READ/WRITE HEAD AND A RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20160275978
    Abstract: A first adaptive fly height measurement is performed between a read/write head and a recording medium during a stage of qualification testing of a magnetic disk drive. A second adaptive fly height measurement of the read/write head is performed during a subsequent stage of the qualification testing. In response to determining that a fly height decrease between the first and second adaptive fly height measurements is above a threshold value, a mitigation operation is performed to remove a contaminant from a media-facing surface of the read/write head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Qun Zang, Meherab Amaria, Ying Lin, Aaron Jacobs, Daniel Brown
  • Method for reducing corrosion of a head element during the manufacture of a disk drive
    Patent number: 6954978
    Abstract: A method is provided for protecting a head element of a computer disk drive during rework operations by applying thioropolymeric protective coating or film to the head element after the disk drive has been opened. Application of the protective coating is preferably performed utilizing a solvent-mediated deposition process. Further aspects of the invention include the application of the protective coating to the head element prior to storage of the head element or prior to shipping the head element in order to facilitate rework of the head element or other components of the disassembled disk drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Maxtor Corporation
    Inventors: Mark S. Crowder, Richard E. Rupp, Jr., Robert Turner, Meherab Amaria