Patents by Inventor Paul M. Jones
Paul M. Jones 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).
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Publication number: 20240085855Abstract: A wearable electronic device comprises a housing, a feedback device, a depth sensor, and a processing element. The feedback device is located in the housing and configured to generate a vibration. The depth sensor is configured to generate a signal indicative of a current depth of the housing. The processing element is in electronic communication with the feedback device and the depth sensor. The processing element is configured to determine the current depth based on the signal indicative of a current depth and control the feedback device to generate the vibration in a pattern indicative of a rate of change in depth based at least in part on the current depth.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Paul Benjamin H. Collins, Patrick M. Danko, Mark W. Gepner, Cody D. Jung, Daniel D. Jones
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Patent number: 11348613Abstract: Systems and methods for adding a cap-layer to magnetic recording media are described. In one embodiment, the method may include depositing a magnetic recording layer over a substrate, depositing an interface layer over the magnetic recording layer, and depositing a carbon overcoat layer over the interface layer. In some cases, sputter deposition is used to deposit at least the interface layer. In some cases, oxygen is used as a background gas of the sputter deposition.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Paul M. Jones, Hongbo Wang, Martin Blaber, Huan Tang
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Patent number: 11011203Abstract: A heat-assisted magnetic recording device includes a granular magnetic recording layer and a thermal absorption layer formed on top of the magnetic recording layer. The thermal absorption layer is patterned to include rows extending in a cross-track direction of the magnetic media, each adjacent pair of the rows being separated from one another by an insulating material.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Thomas Y. Chang, Philip L. Steiner, Paul M. Jones
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Patent number: 10968518Abstract: Systems and methods for treating a carbon overcoat surface are described. In one embodiment, the method may include depositing a magnetic recording layer over a substrate, depositing a carbon overcoat layer over the magnetic recording layer, and exposing a carbon overcoat layer to water in gas phase after the carbon overcoat layer is deposited on the magnetic recording layer. In some cases, the method may include depositing a lubricant over the outer surface of the carbon overcoat after exposing the carbon overcoat layer to the water in gas phase.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLCInventor: Paul M. Jones
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Publication number: 20200219534Abstract: Systems and methods for adding a cap-layer to magnetic recording media are described. In one embodiment, the method may include depositing a magnetic recording layer over a substrate, depositing an interface layer over the magnetic recording layer, and depositing a carbon overcoat layer over the interface layer. In some cases, sputter deposition is used to deposit at least the interface layer. In some cases, oxygen is used as a background gas of the sputter deposition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Paul M. JONES, Hongbo WANG, Martin BLABER, Huan TANG
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Publication number: 20200208269Abstract: Systems and methods for treating a carbon overcoat surface are described. In one embodiment, the method may include depositing a magnetic recording layer over a substrate, depositing a carbon overcoat layer over the magnetic recording layer, and exposing a carbon overcoat layer to water in gas phase after the carbon overcoat layer is deposited on the magnetic recording layer. In some cases, the method may include depositing a lubricant over the outer surface of the carbon overcoat after exposing the carbon overcoat layer to the water in gas phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLCInventor: Paul M. JONES
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Patent number: 10614850Abstract: Systems and methods for coating a near field transducer in a dielectric material are described. In one embodiment, the method may include forming a liquid solution comprising at least a first dielectric and a disk surface lubricant, forming a coating of the liquid solution on an outer surface of a storage medium based at least in part on dipping the storage medium in the liquid solution, and accumulating a first set of molecules of the first dielectric on a near field transducer (NFT) of a HAMR head based at least in part on evaporating a first portion of the first dielectric in the coating by performing a first HAMR writing operation that shines a laser on the coating.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Paul M. Jones, Martin Blaber, Xiaoding Ma, Yuhang Cheng
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Patent number: 10269382Abstract: A stack includes a heatsink layer, a magnetic recording layer disposed over the heatsink layer, and a Si-based overcoat layer disposed over the magnetic recording layer. The Si-based overcoat layer is substantially devoid of carbon.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Seagate Technology LLCInventors: Florin Zavaliche, Timothy J. Klemmer, Yukiko Kubota, Paul M. Jones, Fujian Huang
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Patent number: 10213787Abstract: A cutter head assembly for a fiber roving chopper includes a cylindrical blade cartridge extending axially between a cartridge first end and a cartridge second end. The cylindrical blade cartridge includes a first surface that extends between the cartridge first and second ends and is angled with respect to a central axis of the cylindrical blade cartridge. A second surface extends between the cartridge first and second ends parallel to the first surface and the second surface faces the first surface. A blade body extends between the cartridge first end and the cartridge second end and is disposed between the first surface and the second surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.Inventors: Todd A. Domer, Paul M. Jones, Jonathan R. McMichael, Daniel J. Chase
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Patent number: 10204655Abstract: Data is written to data sectors of a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) medium using a laser of a HAMR head supplied with a sum of an operational current and a threshold current. A service current is supplied to the laser when the head is over servo sectors of the medium, such that a temperature of the medium at the servo sectors is greater than or equal to a temperature of the head when over the servo sectors.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Seagate Technology LLCInventors: Minjie Ma, Tim Rausch, Edward Charles Gage, James Dillon Kiely, Paul M. Jones, Yang Yang
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Patent number: 9984714Abstract: An apparatus including a heat sink layer and a magnetic recording layer over the heat sink layer. In addition, a thermochromic layer is over the heat sink layer, wherein the thermochromic layer includes a first optical absorbance at a first temperature and a second optical absorbance at a second temperature.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Seagate Technology LLCInventors: Paul M. Jones, Timothy J. Klemmer, Ruoxi Yang, Martin Giles Blaber, Xiaoding Ma, ZhaoHui Fan, Michael J. Stirniman, Yang Yang, XiaoPing Yan, Fujian Huang, Emil John Catoc Esmenda, Emir R. Kazazic, Florin Zavaliche, Hongbo Wang, Huan H. Tang, Kyoumarss Damavandi
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Patent number: 9940953Abstract: A stack includes a heatsink layer, a magnetic recording layer disposed over the heatsink layer, and a Si-based overcoat layer disposed over the magnetic recording layer. The Si-based overcoat layer is substantially devoid of carbon.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Florin Zavaliche, Timothy J. Klemmer, Yukiko Kubota, Paul M. Jones, Fujian Huang
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Patent number: 9842616Abstract: Provided herein is an apparatus including a head over-coat and a depleted region in the head over-coat. A media over-coat is deposited in the depleted region. A near field transducer is adjacent to the head over-coat, wherein the near field transducer combusts the deposited media over-coat.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Segate Technology LLCInventors: Florin Zavaliche, Paul M. Jones, Jan-Ulrich Thiele, ZhaoHui Fan, Bing Zhang, Emil John C. Esmenda, XiaoPing Yan, Xiaoding Ma, Fujian Huang, Huan Tang
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Publication number: 20170316800Abstract: An apparatus including a heat sink layer and a magnetic recording layer over the heat sink layer. In addition, a thermochromic layer is over the heat sink layer, wherein the thermochromic layer includes a first optical absorbance at a first temperature and a second optical absorbance at a second temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Paul M. JONES, Timothy J. KLEMMER, Ruoxi YANG, Martin Giles BLABER, Xiaoding MA, ZhaoHui FAN, Michael J. STIRNIMAN, Yang YANG, XiaoPing YAN, Fujian HUANG, Emil John Catoc ESMENDA, Emir R. KAZAZIC, Florin ZAVALICHE, Hongbo WANG, Huan H. TANG, Kyoumarss DAMAVANDI
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Patent number: 9734856Abstract: Provided herein is an apparatus including a substrate and a magnetic recording layer over the substrate. In addition, a thermochromic layer is over the substrate, wherein the thermochromic layer includes a first optical absorbance at a first temperature and a second optical absorbance at a second temperature.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Seagate Technology LLCInventors: Paul M. Jones, Timothy J. Klemmer, Ruoxi Yang, Martin Giles Blaber, Xiaoding Ma, ZhaoHui Z. Fan, Michael J. Stirniman, Yang Yang, XiaoPing Yan, Fujian Huang, Emil John C. Esmenda, Emir R. Kazazic, Florin Zavaliche, Hongbo Wang, Huan H. Tang, Kyoumarss Damavandi
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Publication number: 20170069345Abstract: Methods of forming a magnetic storage disc, the method including depositing a carbon containing material on a magnetic recording layer to form a carbon containing layer, wherein the carbon containing layer is deposited using chemical vapor deposition, ion beam deposition, or filtered cathodic arc deposition; treating the carbon containing layer with a source of oxygen to form an oxygen layer; and depositing a lubricant on the oxygen layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2015Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Michael J. Stirniman, Xiaoding Ma, Paul M. Jones, Hamid R. Samani, Tommy T. Cheung, Christopher L. Platt, Qian Guo, Yang Yang
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Publication number: 20170025139Abstract: Provided herein is an apparatus including a substrate and a magnetic recording layer over the substrate. In addition, a thermochromic layer is over the substrate, wherein the thermochromic layer includes a first optical absorbance at a first temperature and a second optical absorbance at a second temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Paul M. Jones, Timothy J. Klemmer, Ruoxi Yang, Martin Giles Blaber, Xiaoding Ma, ZhaoHui Z. Fan, Michael J. Stirniman, Yang Yang, XiaoPing Yan, Fujian Huang, Emil John C. Esmenda, Emir R. Kazazic, Florin Zavaliche, Hongbo Wang, Huan H. Tang, Kyoumarss Damavandi
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Publication number: 20150306604Abstract: A cutter head assembly for a fiber roving chopper includes a cylindrical blade cartridge extending axially between a cartridge first end and a cartridge second end. The cylindrical blade cartridge includes a first surface that extends between the cartridge first and second ends and is angled with respect to a central axis of the cylindrical blade cartridge. A second surface extends between the cartridge first and second ends parallel to the first surface and the second surface faces the first surface. A blade body extends between the cartridge first end and the cartridge second end and is disposed between the first surface and the second surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2014Publication date: October 29, 2015Applicant: Graco Minnesota Inc.Inventors: Todd A. DOMER, Paul M. JONES, Jonathan R. MCMICHAEL, Daniel J. CHASE
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Patent number: 9040125Abstract: A magnetic data storage medium may include a substrate, a magnetic recording layer, a protective carbon overcoat, and a monolayer covalently bound to carbon atoms adjacent a surface of the protective carbon overcoat. According to this aspect of the disclosure, the monolayer comprises at least one of hydrogen, fluorine, nitrogen, oxygen, and a fluoro-organic molecule. In some embodiments, a surface of a read and recording head may also include a monolayer covalently bound to carbon atoms of a protective carbon overcoat.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Seagate Technology LLCInventors: Paul M. Jones, Xiaoping Yan, Lei Li, James Dillon Kiely, Christopher Loren Platt, Michael J. Stirniman, Jiping Yang, Yiao-Tee Hsia
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Publication number: 20130337194Abstract: A magnetic data storage medium may include a substrate, a magnetic recording layer, a protective carbon overcoat, and a monolayer covalently bound to carbon atoms adjacent a surface of the protective carbon overcoat. According to this aspect of the disclosure, the monolayer comprises at least one of hydrogen, fluorine, nitrogen, oxygen, and a fluoro-organic molecule. In some embodiments, a surface of a read and recording head may also include a monolayer covalently bound to carbon atoms of a protective carbon overcoat.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Paul M. Jones, Xiaoping Yan, Lei Li, James Dillon Kiely, Christopher Loren Platt, Michael J. Stirniman, Jiping Yang, Yiao-Tee Hsia