Patents by Inventor Rick Michel

Rick Michel 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).

  • Perpendicular writer with reduced side track writing
    Patent number: 7333294
    Abstract: A disc drive head that includes a shared pole having high magnetic anisotropy layer which locally decreases the amplitude of dynamic field excitation of the shared pole at the write operation frequency to reduce side-writing of a disc media during a write operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Shaoping Li, Wenzhong Zhu, Lei Wang, Rick Michel, David Kaiser, Dean C. Palmer, Taras G. Pokhil, Ned Tabat
  • Transducing head with reduced side writing
    Publication number: 20050073774
    Abstract: A transducing head has a main pole and at least one magnetic element (such as a return pole or a shield) which provides a potential return path for a magnetic field produced by the main pole. The magnetic element is spaced from the main pole. The magnetic element is formed at least in part of a magnetic material having a material property that reduces side writing at the magnetic element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Feng Wang, Shaoping Li, Kaizhong Gao, Song Xue, Nurul Amin, Rick Michel, Ibro Tabakovic, Yuming Zhou