Inventor
Kris Schouterden
Inventor
San Jose, CA, US
Overview
Patents· 17 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 transducer81%
G01DMeasuring not specially adapted for a specific variable5%
G06FElectric digital data processing5%
Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests5%
Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification5%
PatentTitleYear
9,368,137'Self-cleaning recording heads based on actuator seek profile'20169,047,921'Adjusting recording density in a circumferential direction'20158,169,730'Suppressing adjacent track interference/far track interference (ATI/FTI) in a hard disk drive (HDD) by an external magnetic field'20128,131,920'Method and system for dynamically allocating read and write sequence randomizer'20128,068,306'Write quality of HDD heads experiencing temporary fly-height problems'20117,920,350'Adaptive data recovery procedure based on radial positioning'20117,643,240'Adjusting a fly-height in hard disk drives'20107,492,539'Method for controlling a burnish cycle to minimize cycle time'20097,446,966'Method for precompensation/write-current latching to improve error rate'20087,094,129'Magnetic recording head burnishing method'20066,934,101'Method and apparatus using reverse disk rotation to achieve slider contact with a disk surface'20056,700,726'Method for controlling air pressure in an evacuated disk drive'20046,683,743'Method for controlling the velocity of an actuator arm in a hard disk drive'20046,618,221'System and method for utilizing an actuator-activated pumping mechanism for reducing the operating pressure of a disk drive assembly'20036,603,628'In-situ pressure sensor based on read head resistance'20036,407,880'Environmental corrosion protection for hard disk drive elements by thermal activation'20026,359,433'Method and apparatus for preventing data loss in disk drives using predictive failure analysis of magnetoresistive head resistance'2002Career & activity timeline
Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.
2002–2003Patents assigned to IBM (4)· patent assignee history
2002–2006Based in Los Gatos, CA, US· patent location history
2004–2010Patents assigned to HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH (6)· patent assignee history
2005–2016Based in San Jose, CA, US· patent location history
2011–2012Patents assigned to HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL (4)· patent assignee history
2011–2015Patents assigned to SCHOUTERDEN KRIS (4)· patent assignee history
2015–2016Patents assigned to HGST Netherlands BV (2)· patent assignee history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH | 6 | 2004–2010 |
| HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL | 4 | 2011–2012 |
| IBM | 4 | 2002–2003 |
| SCHOUTERDEN KRISself | 4 | 2011–2015 |
| HGST Netherlands BV | 2 | 2015–2016 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, California, US | 10 | 2005–2016 |
| Los Gatos, California, US | 7 | 2002–2006 |