Patents by Inventor Robert Anthony Fernandez

Robert Anthony Fernandez 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).

  • Devices including an overcoat layer
    Patent number: 10304482
    Abstract: Devices having an air bearing surface (ABS), the devices include a write pole; a near field transducer (NFT) including a peg and a disc, wherein the peg is at the ABS of the device; an overcoat, the overcoat including a low surface energy layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Yuhang Cheng, Michael Seigler, Scott Franzen, Tong Zhao, Xiaoyue Huang, Steven C. Riemer, Robert Anthony Fernandez, Douglas H. Cole
  • Media cleaning with self-assembled monolayer material
    Patent number: 9484062
    Abstract: A method of cleaning a recording medium, such as a disc. The method includes contacting a surface of the recording medium with a cleaning tape comprising a flexible backing and a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) coating. The cleaning tape may include an abrasive coating, with the SAM on the abrasive coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Robert Anthony Fernandez, Paul Macarius Olsen
  • DEVICES INCLUDING AN OVERCOAT LAYER
    Publication number: 20160275974
    Abstract: Devices having an air bearing surface (ABS), the devices include a write pole; a near field transducer (NFT) including a peg and a disc, wherein the peg is at the ABS of the device; an overcoat, the overcoat including a low surface energy layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Yuhang Cheng, Michael Seigler, Scott Franzen, Tong Zhao, Xiaoyue Huang, Steven C. Riemer, Robert Anthony Fernandez, Douglas H. Cole
  • SLIDER WITH MICRO-PATTERNED COATING
    Publication number: 20160148631
    Abstract: A slider for a data recording device such as a disc drive. The slider has a pattern, which can be a micro-pattern, of SAM material on the air-bearing surface (ABS). The pattern comprises discrete unconnected features, such as dots or lines, that may or may no cover the entire ABS. Methods of micro-printing on the ABS are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Jinhai Li, David James Ellison, Robert Anthony Fernandez, Daniel Richard Buettner
  • Method of patterning self-assembled monolayer on slider
    Patent number: 9299376
    Abstract: Methods for providing a SAM (self-assembled monolayer) coating on a slider and subsequently removing a portion of the SAM coating. In one implementation, the method includes applying a SAM coating on at least a first surface of a slider and on a second surface of the slider opposite the first surface, and removing at least a portion of the SAM coating from the second surface by irradiating the second surface with UV radiation in a wavelength range of 100-200 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Robert Anthony Fernandez, David James Ellison, Daniel Richard Buettner
  • Media cleaning with self-assembled monolayer material
    Patent number: 9245542
    Abstract: A method of cleaning a recording medium, such as a disc. The method includes contacting a surface of the recording medium with a cleaning tape comprising a flexible backing and a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) coating. The cleaning tape may include an abrasive coating, with the SAM on the abrasive coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Robert Anthony Fernandez, Paul Macarius Olsen