Inventor
Michael McNeil
Inventor
Nederland, CO, US
Overview
Patents· 30 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 transducer60%
Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification18%
B60TVehicle brake control systems or parts thereof8%
H01HElectric switches5%
A61MDevices for introducing media into, or onto, the body3%
B01DSeparation3%
F15BSystems acting by means of fluids in general3%
G01LMeasuring force, stress, torque, work, mechanical power, mechanical efficiency, or fluid pressure3%
PatentTitleYear
7,471,484'Patterned medium and recording head'20087,262,938'Flying-type disk drive slider with self-blending contact pad'20077,170,719'Magnetic storage device with flux-guided magnetoresistive head using a perpendicular recording media'20077,038,884'Flying-type disk drive slider with self-blending contact pad'20067,019,924'Patterned medium and recording head'20066,975,468'Method to accurately predict hard error rates resulting from encroachment'20056,940,679'Method and apparatus for increasing track density by adapting write fault gate to position error signal as it varies from ID to OD'20056,404,570'Disk drive with adaptive channel optimization'20026,366,417'Mr head read signal preconditioning circuitry'20026,262,645'Circuit interrupter with a trip mechanism having a biased latch'20016,225,882'Circuit interrupter with an improved magnetically-induced automatic trip assembly'20016,131,468'Pressure transducer adapter'20006,132,009'Remote brake application valve'20006,094,806'Method for fabricating a dual element head'20006,000,433'Precision filtered choke'19995,995,305'Disk drive using off-track margin to obtain optimal performance parameters'19995,943,177'MR head read signal preconditioning circuitry for reducing pulse -to-pulse baseline distortion'19995,940,250'Disk drive head having a read wide/write narrow architecture'19995,850,321'Self-cleaning proximity recording interface'19985,671,098'Adaptive preamplifier for resonance tuning useful in a disk drive'19975,555,482'Etched erase band feature for thin film recording heads'19965,495,379'Erase bands for vertical recording'19965,479,696'Method of making combination read/write magnetic head'19965,327,638'Method of making a vertical recording head for contact and near contact magnetic recording'19945,315,469'Magnetic recording head which produces variable erase bands'19945,171,229'Needle tip cover'19925,162,073'Textured air bearing surface'19925,079,657'Textured air bearing surface'19924,663,682'Apparatus for loading and unloading a magnetic head assembly on a magnetic recording surface'19874,384,311'Method for cleaning the disc surface and the head support structure in a magnetic disc drive'1983Career & activity timeline
Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.
1983–1987Patents assigned to DMA SYSTEMS CORP (2)· patent assignee history
1983–1992Based in Lompoc, CA, US· patent location history
1992–1996Patents assigned to APPLIED MAGNETICS CORP (4)· patent assignee history
1994–2008Patents assigned to MAXTOR CORP (18)· patent assignee history
1994–2002Based in Boulder, CO, US· patent location history
1994–1996Based in Santa Ynez, CA, US· patent location history
1997–2008Based in Nederland, CO, US· patent location history
1999–2000Patents assigned to WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE CO (3)· patent assignee history
2000–2001Based in White Oak, PA, US· patent location history
2001Patents assigned to EATON CORP (2)· patent assignee history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| MAXTOR CORP | 18 | 1994–2008 |
| APPLIED MAGNETICS CORP | 4 | 1992–1996 |
| WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE CO | 3 | 1999–2000 |
| DMA SYSTEMS CORP | 2 | 1983–1987 |
| EATON CORP | 2 | 2001 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Nederland, CO, US | 13 | 1997–2008 |
| Boulder, CO, US | 5 | 1994–2002 |
| White Oak, Pennsylvania, US | 4 | 2000–2001 |
| Lompoc, California, US | 4 | 1983–1992 |
| Santa Ynez, California, US | 2 | 1994–1996 |