Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

Chris Rea

18Patents
6h-index
35Co-inventors
58Inventor score

Filing activity: May 19, 2008 → Jan 21, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9202490B2 Apparatus with first and second close points on media-facing surface of magnetic head Physics 14 Active
US9792935B2 Magnetic devices with variable overcoats Physics 12 Active
US9019661B2 Apparatus with a plurality of heat sinks Physics 11 Active
US8873352B1 Light mitigation layer between write pole and waveguide Physics 11 Active
US8687318B2 Recording head coil structure Physics 8 Active
US8897105B1 Solid immersion mirror with fill material between inner and outer sidewalls Physics 7 Active
US9202479B1 Heat assisted magnetic recording head with write coil heatsink Physics 4 Active
US8804283B2 Chamfered magnetic write pole Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US8891205B2 Apparatuses and methods for controlling near-field transducer to write pole spacing Physics 4 Active
US9837112B2 Optical reflectors for use with a near-field transducer Physics 3 Active
US9111551B2 Recording head structure Physics 2 Active
US9202497B2 Adjusting a clearance between a magnetic head and a magnetic recording medium using a magnetic force Physics 2 Active
US9070385B2 Solid immersion mirror with fill material between inner and outer sidewalls Physics 2 Active
US9536554B2 Apparatus with first and second close points on media-facing surface of magnetic head Physics 2 Active
US8873199B2 Recording head coil structure Physics 1 Active
US8089724B2 Self-aligned perpendicular writer pole and front shield Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US9076475B2 Apparatuses and methods for controlling near-field transducer to write pole spacing Physics 0 Active
US10142530B2 System and method for taking high resolution photographs and videos using a mobile device mount with illumination Physics 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.