Inventor

Mourad Benakli

Inventor

Eden Prairie, MN, US

Overview

2004–2021

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 66 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 transducer73%

Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification17%

H01SDevices using the process of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation [laser] to amplify or generate light7%

B82YSpecific uses or applications of nanostructures1%

G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus1%

G08BSignalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems1%

PatentTitleYear

10,902,876Thermal management of laser diode mode hopping for heat assisted media recording2021 10,867,627Amplifying structure for microwave-assisted magnetic recording2020 10,540,998Thermal management of laser diode mode hopping for heat assisted media recording2020 10,325,622Thermal management of laser diode mode hopping for heat assisted media recording2019 10,210,887Chirped current profile with undershoot feature2019 10,204,644Magnetic write transducer with flat pole section2019 9,978,401Chirped current profile with undershoot feature2018 9,940,965Thermal management of laser diode mode hopping for heat assisted media recording2018 9,934,795Recording head with first and second coils that induce flux into write pole and shield2018 9,922,669'Method of making a write head core'2018 9,905,996'Heat assisted media recording device with reduced likelihood of laser mode hopping'2018 9,905,251'Write current switching in a data storage device'2018 9,837,112Optical reflectors for use with a near-field transducer2017 9,728,223'Storing random and sequential data on different track widths of a recording medium'2017 9,368,133'Unbalanced data writer coil'2016 9,286,916'High frequency data writer field generator device'2016 9,281,659'Thermal management of laser diode mode hopping for heat assisted media recording'2016 9,251,814'Write head core'2016 9,153,254'Unbalanced data writer coil'2015 9,082,425'Magnetic shield with flux concentration feature'2015 9,017,833'Patterned magnetic media for magnetic recording'2015 8,995,086'Write head with floating side shields and enhanced magnetic potential'2015 8,970,992'Write head with modified side shields'2015 8,947,820'Write pulse with adjustable slew rate'2015 8,937,852'Write pole design'2015 8,902,548'Head with high readback resolution'2014 8,873,201'Low-recess write pole coil near shield at media-facing surface'2014 8,873,178'Storing random and sequential data on different track widths of a recording medium'2014 8,830,631'Features for write fringing reduction'2014 8,804,280'Actively synchronizing magnetic responses of a shield and a write pole'2014 8,717,707'Magnetic recording head with notched shield'2014 8,675,307'Shield with continuously and throat regions adjacent a main pole'2014 8,619,509'Write pole design'2013 8,582,237'Selectively magnetic write gap insert'2013 8,564,910'Magnetic shield structure'2013 8,537,501'Write head with modified side shields'2013 8,472,141'Shield with down-track throat region'2013 8,472,136'Write pole with a synthesized low magnetization shield'2013 8,462,463'Write fringing reduction for recording media'2013 8,422,167'Textured magnetic poles for magnetic writers'2013 8,365,393'Manufacturing methods for write heads with floating side shields'2013 8,345,385'Shield with continuously concave inner sidewall'2013 8,289,647'Magnetic recording head with notched shield'2012 8,243,389'Write fringing reduction for recording media'2012 8,189,294'Apparatus including modified write pole tip'2012 7,982,994'Multi-level recording on shingled coherent magnetic media'2011 7,957,105'Shield in a magnetic device with reduced erase field'2011 7,880,999'Magnetic storage system with read during write'2011 7,876,529'Recording disk with antiferromagnetically coupled multilayer ferromagnetic island disposed in trench between discrete tracks'2011 7,796,355'Reverse write current preshoot'2010 7,782,574'Magnetic heads disk drives and methods with thicker read shield structures for reduced stray field sensitivity'2010 7,732,069'Thin SUL media with shielded pole head'2010 7,688,544'Magnetic heads disk drives and methods with floating pole tip or shunted pole tip for reduced pole tip erasure'2010 7,573,683'Write heads with floating side shields and manufacturing methods'2009 7,511,921'Read and write heads with at least a portion of the coil positioned about the write pole opposite the read transducer to reduce adjacent track erasure'2009 7,453,663'Disk drives with servo burst patterns radially offset in different radial spokes of a disk and methods of positioning based thereon'2008 7,430,095'Tapered write pole for reduced skew effect'2008 7,378,164'Soft underlayer structure for magnetic recording'2008 7,372,664'Techniques to reduce adjacent track erasure including a write pole with a tip having faces at angles'2008 7,324,304'Tapered write pole for reduced skew effect'2008 7,230,790'Magnetic disk drive with servo bursts and alternating magnetic polarity regions therebetween'2007 7,161,755'Increasing areal density in magnetic recording media'2007 7,149,045'Longitudinal media with soft underlayer and perpendicular write head'2006 7,075,756'Shielded pole writer'2006 6,890,667'Soft underlayer structure for magnetic recording'2005 6,807,025'Magnetic recording process'2004

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2004–2009Patents assigned to MAXTOR CORP (12)· patent assignee history

2004–2013Based in Shrewsbury, MA, US· patent location history

2009–2021Patents assigned to SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC (54)· patent assignee history

2010–2015Based in Shrewbury, MA, US· patent location history

2011–2015Based in Bloomington, MN, US· patent location history

2011–2015Based in Pittsburgh, PA, US· patent location history

2012–2015Patents assigned to BENAKLI MOURAD (19)· patent assignee history

2012–2015Patents assigned to RIVKIN KIRILL ALEKSANDROVICH (6)· patent assignee history

2012–2013Patents assigned to MALLARY MICHAEL (5)· patent assignee history

2013–2021Based in Eden Prairie, MN, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC	54	2009–2021
BENAKLI MOURADself	19	2012–2015
MAXTOR CORP	12	2004–2009
RIVKIN KIRILL ALEKSANDROVICH	6	2012–2015
MALLARY MICHAEL	5	2012–2013

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Eden Prairie, Minnesota, US	24	2013–2021
Bloomington, Minnesota, US	18	2011–2015
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, US	15	2004–2013
Shrewbury, Massachusetts, US	4	2010–2015
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US	2	2011–2015