Inventor · Tokyo, JP

Koichi Terunuma

58Patents
15h-index
51Co-inventors
83Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 4, 1994 → Apr 26, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6563681B1 Magnetoresistance effect film and magnetoresistance effect type head Physics 109 Expired
US6998150B2 Method of adjusting CoFe free layer magnetostriction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 72 Expired
US6151193A Thin film magnetic head Physics 40 Expired
US7477491B2 GMR device having an improved free layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Active
US6591481B2 Method of manufacturing magnetoresistive device and method of manufacturing thin-film magnetic head Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US6040965A Thin film magnetic head having grooves which become gradually shallower Physics 25 Expired
US6657826B2 Magnetoresistive device and method of manufacturing same, thin-film magnetic head and method of manufacturing same, head gimbal assembly and hard disk drive Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US6381093B2 Thin film magnetic head with magnetic films with increasing widths from a surface facing a recording medium Physics 23 Expired
US6329211A Method of manufacturing thin film magnetic head Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US6721140B2 Magnetoresistive device and method of manufacturing same and thin-film magnetic head and method of manufacturing same Physics 22 Expired
US6636395B1 Magnetic transducer and thin film magnetic head using the same Physics 21 Expired
US6137652A Thin film magnetic head with separated yoke and pole tips Physics 18 Expired
US7046487B2 Magnetoresistive effective element, thin film magnetic head, magnetic head device and magnetic recording/reproducing device Physics 18 Expired
US6169642A Thin-film magnetic head having a three-layer pole tip structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US6188543A Thin film magnetic head Physics 15 Expired
US6545848B1 Magnetic transducer, thin film magnetic head and method of manufacturing the same Physics 15 Expired
US6477018B1 Thin-film magnetic head and method of manufacturing the same Physics 14 Expired
US6163437A Magnetic head with spin valve effect magnetoresistive element and its manufacturing method Physics 14 Expired
US7791838B2 Magnetic head apparatus and magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus Physics 14 Active
US7134184B2 Process of manufacturing a narrow track CCP head with bias cancellation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US6178065A Thin film magnetic head and manufacturing method of the head Physics 10 Expired
US5978184A Magnetoresistive effect element and thin film magnetic head with the element Physics 9 Expired
US5558944A Magnetic head and a process for production thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US6636398B2 Magnetoresistive effect sensor, thin-film magnetic head with the sensor, manufacturing method of magnetoresistive sensor and manufacturing method of thin-film magnetic head Physics 9 Expired
US6414825B1 Thin film device, thin film magnetic head and magnetoresistive element Physics 9 Expired

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