Inventor · Edina, MN, US

Christopher J. Rea

10Patents
6h-index
23Co-inventors
62Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 13, 2001 → Oct 17, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6654202B2 Disc drive with layered write coil Physics 32 Expired
US6950280B2 Magnetic head having a heat dissipating structure Physics 17 Expired
US7403354B2 Two layer writer heater using writer as one current lead Physics 13 Active
US6710982B2 Domain control in shields of a magnetic transducer Physics 11 Expired
US7609478B2 Magnetic writer pole with a graded magnetic moment Physics 8 Active
US9324351B2 Contact pad for recording heads Physics 7 Active
US9830944B1 Writing adjacent tracks with different widths by varying fly height of a recording head Physics 5 Active
US10643651B1 Determining instability zones of a laser of a heat-assisted magnetic recording head Physics 4 Active
US9218825B2 T-shaped write pole Physics 2 Active
US9786303B1 Layer for reducing magnetic field proximate a near-field transducer Physics 1 Active

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