Patents by Inventor Srikanth Ganesan

Srikanth Ganesan 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).

  • Apparatuses and methods for providing thin shields in a multiple sensor array
    Patent number: 9786301
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for providing thin shields in a multiple sensor array are provided. One such apparatus is a magnetic read transducer including a first read sensor, a second read sensor, and a shield assembly positioned between the first read sensor and the second read sensor at an air bearing surface (ABS) of the magnetic read transducer, the shield assembly including a first shield layer assembly having a first footprint with a first area, and a second shield layer assembly having a second footprint with a second area, where the second area is greater than the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT), LLC
    Inventors: Shaoping Li, Gerardo A. Bertero, Steven C. Rudy, Shihai He, Ming Mao, Haiwen Xi, Srikanth Ganesan, Qunwen Leng, Ge Yi, Rongfu Xiao, Feng Liu, Lei Wang