Inventor · Eden Prairie, MN, US

Declan Macken

89Patents
15h-index
107Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 23, 1997 → Nov 2, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6791796B2 Perpendicular writer with laminated main pole Physics 48 Expired
US6437949B1 Single domain state laminated thin film structure Physics 32 Expired
US9202499B2 Contact detection using laser modulation Physics 27 Active
US6992865B2 Headstack with semi-permanently deformable element for pole-tip recession adjustment Physics 26 Expired
US9030773B2 Sensing temperature at a slider protrusion region Physics 24 Active
US9558774B1 Recording head with electrically removable component Physics 23 Active
US7061731B2 High magnetic anisotropy hard magnetic bias element Physics 22 Expired
US6813118B2 Transducing head having improved studs and bond pads to reduce thermal deformation Physics 20 Expired
US6781801B2 Tunneling magnetoresistive sensor with spin polarized current injection Physics 20 Expired
US9042210B2 Multi-purpose near-field transducer having a temperature coefficient of resistance Physics 17 Active
US9607641B1 Bond pad sharing for powering multiple writers of a recording head Physics 16 Active
US9396745B2 Multi-sensor reader with different readback sensitivities Physics 16 Active
US7236333B2 Domain wall free shields of MR sensors Physics 15 Expired
US6807031B2 Single domain state laminated thin film structure for use as a magnetic layer of a transducing head Physics 15 Expired
US6222702A Magnetic read element shield having dimensions that minimize domain wall movement Physics 15 Expired
US6169646A Magnetoresistive shield incorporating seedlayer for anisotropy enhancement Physics 15 Expired
US9824705B1 Pad sharing for contact sensor and bolometer with temperature compensation in heat-assisted magnetic recording device Physics 14 Active
US5986856A Magnetoresistive sensor with improved stability Physics 14 Expired
US9177577B2 Multi-purpose near-field transducer having a temperature coefficient of resistance Physics 13 Active
US7130165B2 Side shielded current in plane spin-valve Physics 13 Expired
US8837071B2 Sensing temperature at a slider protrusion region Physics 13 Active
US7092208B2 Magnetic transducers with reduced thermal pole-tip protrusion/recession Physics 12 Expired
US8937791B1 Slider having heater with adjacent high thermal conductivity layer Physics 12 Active
US8737009B2 Resistance temperature sensors for head-media and asperity detection Physics 12 Active
US7102853B2 Negative thermal expansion dielectrics for thermal pole tip protrusion compensation Physics 12 Expired

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