Patents by Inventor Steven Naberhuis

Steven Naberhuis 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).

  • Improved magnetoresistive transducer with substantially perpendicular easy axis
    Patent number: 5307226
    Abstract: A magnetoresistive transducer includes at least one magnetoresistive element having a transverse easy axis. The use of a transverse easy axis prevents magnetic domains from forming in the magnetoresistive elements and results in a noise-free device. Various techniques for producing a transverse easy axis include the use of stress, and a magneto strictive material, during the formation of the element to orient the anisotropy of the element transverse to orient the anisotropy of the element transverse to the element, formation of the element in the presence of a magnetic field, high temperature anneal of the element, or any other method of forming the element with a prebiased state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: James A. Brug, Thomas C. Anthony, Victor W. Hesterman, Steven Naberhuis