Inventor · Pleasanton, CA, US

Eric T. Sladek

11Patents
10h-index
16Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 2, 2000 → Jun 17, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6433965B1 Laminated carbon-containing overcoats for information storage system transducers Physics 181 Expired
US7872833B2 Head with a transducer overcoat having a trailing air flow dam that is shallowly recessed from an air bearing surface Physics 164 Active
US7719795B2 Head having a transducer heater and an air bearing surface with a flow-diversion dam and pressure-relief trough disposed upstream of the transducer Physics 161 Active
US7916426B2 Head with an air bearing surface having left and right leading pressurizing steps, each with short and long regions Physics 152 Active
US8199437B1 Head with an air bearing surface having a particle fence separated from a leading pad by a continuous moat Physics 44 Active
US7616405B2 Slider with an air bearing surface having a inter-cavity dam with OD and ID dam surfaces of different heights Physics 44 Active
US6956718B1 Sandwich diamond-like carbon overcoat for use in slider designs of proximity recording heads Physics 44 Expired
US7289299B1 Air bearing slider with three-projection trailing center pad Physics 42 Expired
US8087973B1 Slider with leading edge blend and conformal step features Physics 36 Active
US8339742B1 Slider with leading edge blend and conformal step features Physics 35 Active
US9431044B1 Slider having shock and particle resistance Physics 4 Active

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