Inventor · Minneapolis, MN, US

Gary J. Kunkel

28Patents
5h-index
36Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 23, 2009 → Dec 27, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8737009B2 Resistance temperature sensors for head-media and asperity detection Physics 12 Active
US9792935B2 Magnetic devices with variable overcoats Physics 12 Active
US8810968B2 Slider with lubricant control features Physics 7 Active
US9214173B2 Slider with high and low surface energy coatings proximate transducer Physics 6 Active
US9202500B2 Devices having electrodes on the trailing edge surface Physics 5 Active
US10493591B1 Lapping system including one or more lasers, and related methods Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Active
US8139323B2 Material deposition on transducing head Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US9741375B2 Slider trailing edge contamination sensor Physics 4 Active
US8488278B2 Slider with improved robustness to particle contact Physics 4 Active
US9111572B2 Asperity and head-media contact detection using multi-stage temperature coefficient of resistance sensor Physics 4 Active
US9230594B2 Resistance temperature sensors for head-media and asperity detection Physics 3 Active
US9449630B2 Sliders having at least two regions on the trailing edge surface Physics 3 Active
US11320385B2 Intelligent defect identification system Physics 2 Active
US9123381B2 Resistive temperature sensors for improved asperity, head-media spacing, and/or head-media contact detection Physics 2 Active
US10255937B1 Electrically conductive overlay for head-medium contact sensor Physics 2 Active
US9373361B2 Asperity and head-media contact detection using multi-stage temperature coefficient of resistance sensor Physics 1 Active
US10410659B2 Write coil cooling arrangement at air bearing surface Physics 1 Active
US9564151B1 Data writer coil heater Physics 1 Active
US9449629B2 Resistive temperature sensors for improved asperity, head-media spacing, and/or head-media contact detection Physics 1 Active
US8760811B2 Asperity and head-media contact detection using multi-stage temperature coefficient of resistance sensor Physics 1 Active
US11344990B2 Articles for lapping stacked row bars having in-wafer ELG circuits Physics 0 Active
US10690697B1 Metrology technique that provides true flattening Physics 0 Active
US10037774B1 Sliders having features in the mid gap Physics 0 Active
US9761260B1 Sliders having features in the mid gap Physics 0 Active
US10281268B1 Automated and accurate high-throughput slider-level flatness inspection Physics 0 Active

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