Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Robert E. Eaton

12Patents
5h-index
20Co-inventors
66Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 6, 1995 → Sep 19, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7199960B1 Disk drive with AC exciter for head/disk interface Physics 37 Expired
US7705588B2 Apparatus and method for testing magnetic disk drive components using drive-based parts Physics 10 Active
US5661614A Method and apparatus for error recovery for unstable magnetorestrictive heads Physics 6 Expired
US9786310B1 Data storage device detecting lasing threshold of laser by measuring protrusion effect Physics 5 Active
US9361939B1 Data storage device characterizing geometry of magnetic transitions Physics 5 Active
US9001453B1 Data storage device calibrating fly height actuator based on read mode touchdown resistance of touchdown sensor Physics 4 Active
US7697223B2 Monitoring a fly height of a magnetic transducer Physics 3 Active
US7808734B2 Monitoring a fly height of a magnetic transducer Physics 3 Active
US8238051B2 Real time monitoring inconsistent operations in a hard disk drive Physics 2 Active
US9786309B1 Data storage device detecting minimum stable fly height of a head over a disk Physics 2 Active
US12374362B1 Harmonic sensor phase error detection for data storage devices Physics 0 Active
US10553247B2 Data storage device calibrating data density based on amplitude-inverted or time-inverted read signal Physics 0 Active

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