Patents by Inventor Paul Sonda

Paul Sonda 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).

  • Bond pad sharing for powering multiple writers of a recording head
    Patent number: 9934807
    Abstract: A magnetic recording head includes a plurality of writers and at least one reader. The plurality of writers and the reader define a plurality of close points of the head. The plurality of writers are spaced apart from one another in a cross-track direction and positioned in the same plane of the head. A plurality of contact sensors are positioned proximate the plurality of writers and the reader. The contact sensors are coupled together and to a pair of electrical bond pads of the head and configured to sense for head-disk contact at each of the close points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Declan Macken, Paul Sonda, Erik Hutchinson, Jin Fang, John Wolf
  • BOND PAD SHARING FOR POWERING MULTIPLE WRITERS OF A RECORDING HEAD
    Publication number: 20180005656
    Abstract: A magnetic recording head includes a plurality of writers and at least one reader. The plurality of writers and the reader define a plurality of close points of the head. The plurality of writers are spaced apart from one another in a cross-track direction and positioned in the same plane of the head. A plurality of contact sensors are positioned proximate the plurality of writers and the reader. The contact sensors are coupled together and to a pair of electrical bond pads of the head and configured to sense for head-disk contact at each of the close points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Declan Macken, Paul Sonda, Erik Hutchinson, Jin Fang, John Wolf