Inventor · Yokohama, JP

Hiroyuki Hoshiya

60Patents
15h-index
59Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 13, 1993 → Apr 24, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US10366714B1 Magnetic write head for providing spin-torque-assisted write field enhancement Physics 95 Active
US5563752A Magnetic recording and reproducing device using a giant magnetoresistive film Physics 34 Expired
US7532433B2 Thin film perpendicular magnetic recording head, their fabrication process and magnetic disk drive using it Physics 31 Active
US9036307B1 Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) write head with recessed near-field transducer and optically transparent protective film Physics 29 Active
US5843589A Magnetic layered material, and magnetic sensor and magnetic storage/read system based thereon Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US8514527B2 Magnetoresistive effect head having a multilayered pinned layer and/or free layer having amorphous and crystalline layers, and systems thereof Electricity 27 Active
US6690163B1 Magnetic sensor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US5933297A Magnetic storage/read system with read head including magnetoresistive element Physics 25 Expired
US7057853B2 Magnetic head Physics 23 Expired
US8174799B2 Differential magnetoresistive magnetic head Physics 21 Active
US6967823B2 Magnetic recording head Physics 20 Expired
US6087027A Magnetic layered material, and magnetic sensor and magnetic storage/read system based thereon Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US6795277B2 Magnetic head and magnetic disk drive Physics 17 Expired
US8223464B2 Differential head having a balanced output and method of manufacturing thereof Physics 17 Active
US6125019A Magnetic head including magnetoresistive element Physics 16 Expired
US8570689B2 Differential magnetoresistive effect head and magnetic recording/reading device Electricity 15 Active
US7221538B2 Thin film perpendicular magnetic recording head, their fabrication process and magnetic disk drive using it Physics 15 Expired
US6456466B1 Magnetic head with shield layer having discontinuous multi-layer or mixed layer and magnetic recording apparatus utilizing the magnetic head Physics 15 Expired
US8779764B2 Method for producing magnetoresistive effect element, magnetic sensor, rotation-angle detection device Electricity 14 Active
US7158351B2 Magnetic recording and reproducing head restraining a side reading Physics 13 Expired
US7426091B2 Magnetic head Physics 12 Active
US8223463B2 Magnetic read head Electricity 9 Active
US7859797B2 Magnetoresistive head and magnetic storage apparatus Physics 9 Active
US5969896A Magnetic recording/reproducing device with a function of correcting waveform of magnetoresistive-effect head Physics 8 Expired
US6934128B2 Magnetic head and magnetic disk drive Physics 8 Expired

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