Inventor · Sunnyvale, CA, US

Kazumasa Yasuda

22Patents
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31Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 22, 1975 → Aug 10, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8295008B1 Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording having a main pole and a shield Physics 60 Active
US8767347B1 Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording having two side shields Physics 59 Active
US5763108A High saturtion magnetization material and magnetic head fabricated therefrom Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Expired
US8289649B2 Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording with shield around main magnetic pole Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Active
US8456968B1 Thermally-assisted magnetic recording head having dual heat sink layers Physics 19 Active
US6960117B1 Method to eliminate defects on the periphery of a slider due to conventional machining processes Physics 16 Expired
US7239488B2 MR sensor on an insulating substrate and method of manufacture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US8493821B1 Thermally-assisted magnetic recording head including a shield Physics 11 Active
US9502053B1 Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording with a trailing shield including a plurality of portions different in saturation flux density Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US4123896A Digital electronic timepiece Physics 8 Expired
US9251812B2 Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording including angled side shield surfaces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US4126992A Stem mechanism for a watch Physics 4 Expired
US4104864A Electronic timepiece Physics 4 Expired
US7189150B2 System and method for edge blending hard drive head sliders Physics 3 Expired
US8454848B2 Method of manufacturing plasmon generator Physics 3 Active
US9495980B1 Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording with a coil including two coil portions Physics 3 Active
US9406318B2 Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording including two side shields and main pole including lower protrusion Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US7296336B2 Method to protect a GMR head from electrostatic damage during the manufacturing process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US8900466B2 Method of manufacturing a near-field light generator including a waveguide and a plasmon generator Physics 1 Active
US7513820B2 Method and apparatus for producing micro-texture on a slider substrate using chemical and mechanical polishing techniques Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Expired
US7836579B2 Method to protect a GMR head from electrostatic damage during the manufacturing process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US11502235B2 Thermoelectric material and thermoelectric module Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active

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