Inventor · Tokyo, JP

Noriaki Kasahara

30Patents
7h-index
38Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 2, 2000 → Apr 21, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6381107B1 Magneto-resistive tunnel junction head having a shield lead rear flux guide Physics 70 Expired
US6344954B1 Magneto-resistive tunnel junction head with specific flux guide structure Physics 37 Expired
US6469879B1 Magneto-resistive tunnel junction head with biasing elements abutting free layer extended portions Physics 36 Expired
US7287316B2 Lapping monitor device, system and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US6886239B2 Method of making a thin-film magnetic head having a magnetoresistive device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US7848056B2 Thin film magnetic head having thermal expansion layer for suppressing thermal protrusion Physics 9 Active
US7190559B2 Thin-film magnetic head having the length of the pinned and antiferromagnetic layers greater than the width dimension thereof and/or the length of the free layer Physics 7 Expired
US8000064B2 Thin-film magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording and method of making the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US6671141B2 Tunnel magnetoresistive effective element, a thin film magnetic head, a magnetic head device and a magnetic disk drive device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US6822837B2 Thin-film magnetic head and method of manufacturing same, and method of forming a patterned thin film for a thin-film magnetic head Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US7542245B2 Composite thin-film magnetic head with non-magnetic conductive layer to balance parasitic capacitances Physics 4 Active
US7274539B2 Composite type thin film magnetic head having a low parasitic capacitance between a write coil and an upper read head shield Physics 4 Expired
US7796359B2 Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording and method of manufacturing the same, the magnetic head including pole layer and two shields sandwiching the pole layer Physics 3 Active
US6656538B2 Method of manufacturing magnetoresistive device, method of manufacturing thin film magnetic head, and method of forming thin film pattern Physics 3 Expired
US7548400B2 Thin-film magnetic head comprising bias layers having a large length in track width direction Physics 3 Expired
US7948716B2 Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording with a shield and a pole layer having a top surface with first and second portions at different heights, and method of manufacturing same Physics 3 Active
US7436633B2 Thin-film magnetic head, head gimbal assembly and hard disk system Physics 3 Active
US7787215B2 Thin film magnetic head in which thermal protrusion is suppressed and method of forming the same Physics 2 Active
US7843667B2 Thin film magnetic head, head gimbal assembly, head arm assembly and magnetic disk device Physics 2 Active
US7808743B2 Perpendicular magnetic write head having a structure that suppresses unintended erasure of information on a write medium at a non-writing time Physics 2 Active
US7057260B2 Method of making thin-film magnetic head Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US6792670B2 Method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive element substructure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US7398591B2 Manufacturing method of a thin-film magnetic head Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US7672084B2 Composite thin-film magnetic head with non-magnetic conductive layer electrically connected with lower pole layer to increase counter electrode area Physics 1 Active
US7192676B2 Magneto-resistance effect element bar exposure method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired

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