Patents by Inventor Yoshita Kitamoto

Yoshita Kitamoto 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).

  • Magnetic recording medium and a magnetic disc apparatus, with a CRP or CrMoP reinforcing coat layer
    Patent number: 6509108
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium has a nonmagnetic substrate having applied thereon through a nonmagnetic underlayer a magnetic recording layer composed of a magnetic metal material. The nonmagnetic substrate has a smooth surface with an average surface roughness Ra of not more than 20 Å, a recesses-and protrusions-forming layer having stripe-like protrusions and recesses in the circumferential direction, formed on the substrate. A CrP or CrMoP reinforcing coat layer having a hardness higher than that of the recesses-and protrusions-forming layer is sandwiched between the substrate and the recesses-and-protrusions-forming layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Chiaki Okuyama, Yuki Yoshida, Kenji Sato, Kiyoshi Yamaguchi, Yoshita Kitamoto