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Kenichi Kuramoto
Also filed as: KURAMOTO KENICHI
13 granted patents·1 pending application·114 citations·filing 1982–2013
91Inventor score
Files withHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH4HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL3HGST Netherlands BV2KURAMOTO KENICHI2IBM1
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14 records- 0191US7428119B2Magnetic disk drive with head retraction controlHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 23, 2008·13 cites·17 claims
- 0288US8873191B2Fly-height control and touchdown detectionHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 28, 2014·11 cites·20 claims
- 0388US8009380B2Disk drive and method for controlling clearance in the disk driveHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 30, 2011·8 cites·15 claims
- 0488US7706097B2Magnetic disk drive with head retraction controlHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 27, 2010·8 cites·16 claims
- 0588US6822823B1Hard disk drive with electrically conductive sheet for electrostatic discharge protectionIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 23, 2004·26 cites·12 claims
- 0685US7800855B2Disk drive and calibration method thereforHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 21, 2010·8 cites·14 claims
- 0782US7852594B2Device and method for specifying control value for controlling clearance between head and disk, and magnetic disk drive deviceHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 14, 2010·5 cites·13 claims
- 0878US8254051B2Disk drive and method for measuring clearance between a head and a disk in a disk driveKURAMOTO KENICHI·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 28, 2012·7 cites·14 claims
- 0977US7046474B2Data storage device and actuator control methodHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2004·Granted May 16, 2006·12 cites·20 claims
- 1074US8824091B2Media topography driven flying height modulation sensing using embedded contact sensorHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 2, 2014·3 cites·18 claims
- 1163US4426482AProcess for producing stable polymer emulsionsTOYO SODA MFG CO LTD·Filed 1982·Granted Jan 17, 1984·13 cites·12 claims
- 1258US7894149B2Disc drive deviceHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 22, 2011·0 cites·21 claims
- 1355US8300337B2Disk drive and method for measuring clearance change in the disk driveKURITA MASAYUKI·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 30, 2012·0 cites·18 claims
- 1446US2009141391A1Disk drive device and clearance control method thereofKURAMOTO KENICHI·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
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