Inventor

Walton Fong

Inventor

San Jose, CA, US

Overview

2005–2012

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 12 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G11Bprimary

G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer80%

Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification13%

B82YSpecific uses or applications of nanostructures7%

PatentTitleYear

8,199,435'Apparatus for retaining lubricant on the deposited end of a slider in a hard disk drive'2012 8,169,727'Apparatus and method for stabilizing slider flying height over a discrete track media disk surface in a hard disk drive'2012 8,014,105'Method and apparatus for modifying the air bearing force of the trailing edge of a slider to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems'2011 8,014,106'Method and apparatus for modifying a dynamic pitch of a slider to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems'2011 7,624,496'Method for efficient slider burnishing during drive build'2009 7,492,539'Method for controlling a burnish cycle to minimize cycle time'2009 7,352,530'Method and apparatus for reducing a suspension gram load to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems'2008 7,345,850'Method and apparatus for utilizing an off-center gimbal to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems'2008 7,146,710'Two stage lubrication process for disk drive'2006 7,119,979'Measurement of slider clearance by inducing collision of the slider with disk surface'2006 7,054,084'Method, apparatus and program storage device for sensing increased resistance changes in an MR element to detect MR sensor events'2006 6,934,101'Method and apparatus using reverse disk rotation to achieve slider contact with a disk surface'2005

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2005–2009Patents assigned to HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH (8)· patent assignee history

2005–2012Based in San Jose, CA, US· patent location history

2011Patents assigned to HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL (2)· patent assignee history

2012Patents assigned to FONG WALTON (2)· patent assignee history

2012Patents assigned to THORNTON BRIAN (2)· patent assignee history

2012Patents assigned to SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY INT (1)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH	8	2005–2009
FONG WALTONself	2	2012
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL	2	2011
THORNTON BRIAN	2	2012
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY INT	1	2012

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
San Jose, California, US	12	2005–2012