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Naoto Matono
Also filed as: MATONO NAOTO
67 granted patents·4 pending applications·1,060 citations·filing 1989–2016
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71 records- 0197US6477019B2Thin film magnetic head including nonmagnetic and magnetic layers with similar milling ratesREAD RITE SMI CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 5, 2002·155 cites·10 claims
- 0296US7443633B2Thin-film magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording and manufacturing method of thin-film magnetic headTDK CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 28, 2008·45 cites·42 claims
- 0396US6729015B2Method of manufacturing a magnetic head deviceREAD RITE SMI CORP·Filed 1999·Granted May 4, 2004·158 cites·13 claims
- 0495US7359152B2Thin film magnetic head structure, method of manufacturing the same, and method of manufacturing thin film magnetic headSAE MAGNETICS HK LTD·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 15, 2008·33 cites·20 claims
- 0595US6430009B1Magnetic head shield pole with nonmagnetic separation film between transition portion and shield portionREAD RITE SMI CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 6, 2002·171 cites·4 claims
- 0694US8355222B2Perpendicular magnetic write head including high magnetic moment seed layer for trailing shield therein and/or method of making the sameSAE MAGNETICS HK LTD·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 15, 2013·34 cites·3 claims
- 0792US7140095B2Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic headSAE MAGNETICS HK LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 28, 2006·41 cites·11 claims
- 0891US7154707B2Thin film magnetic head and magnetic recording apparatusSAE MAGNETICS HK LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 26, 2006·32 cites·9 claims
- 0990US7391590B2Thin film magnetic head and magnetic recording apparatus with partitioned heat sink layerTDK CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 24, 2008·33 cites·15 claims
- 1088US7848056B2Thin film magnetic head having thermal expansion layer for suppressing thermal protrusionTDK CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 7, 2010·9 cites·12 claims
- 1187US7180705B2Thin film magnetic head capable of reducing expansion and bending of a recording pattern, method of manufacturing the same and magnetic recording apparatusSAE MAGNETICS HK LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 20, 2007·23 cites·14 claims
- 1286US7518826B2Perpendicular magnetic recording head and magnetic recording apparatusTDK CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 14, 2009·7 cites·15 claims
- 1382US8339737B2Perpendicular magnetic recording head including non-magnetic protruding layerMINO TETSUYA·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 25, 2012·6 cites·2 claims
- 1482US7503107B2Method for manufacturing a magnetic head using a multi-stage ion millingTDK CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 17, 2009·6 cites·6 claims
- 1581US7948716B2Magnetic 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 sameSAE MAGNETICS HK LTD·Filed 2007·Granted May 24, 2011·5 cites·12 claims
- 1681US7885036B2Magnetic device, perpendicular magnetic recording head, magnetic recording system, method of forming magnetic layer pattern, and method of manufacturing perpendicular magnetic recording headTDK CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 8, 2011·9 cites·15 claims
- 1780US8470185B2Perpendicular magnetic recording head and method of manufacturing the sameMINO TETSUYA·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 25, 2013·5 cites·6 claims
- 1880US7508626B2Thin film magnetic head having magnetic pole with controlled dimensionsTDK CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 24, 2009·14 cites·4 claims
- 1979US8201321B2Method of forming magnetic layer pattern, and method of manufacturing perpendicular magnetic recording headMATONO NAOTO·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 19, 2012·5 cites·10 claims
- 2079US7019944B2Thin film magnetic head capable of inhibiting occurrence of track erasingSAE MAGNETICS HK LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 28, 2006·18 cites·6 claims
- 2179US6778354B2Magnetic head and method of manufacturing the sameSAE MAGNETICS HK LTD·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 17, 2004·13 cites·3 claims
- 2278US7924533B2Multi-channel headTDK CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 12, 2011·3 cites·6 claims
- 2378US7874063B2Thin film magnetic head integrated structureTDK CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 25, 2011·4 cites·7 claims
- 2478US7576950B2Perpendicular magnetic recording head utilizing tensile stress to optimize magnetic pole layer domain structureSAE MAGNETICS HK LTD·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 18, 2009·3 cites·4 claims
- 2577US8400732B2Perpendicular magnetic write head, having side shields coupled to a leading shield and apart from a trailing shieldMATONO NAOTO·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 19, 2013·3 cites·10 claims
- 2677US7061719B2Thin film magnetic head and method of manufacturing the sameSAE MAGNETICS HK LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 13, 2006·12 cites·22 claims
- 2777US6984333B2Thin film magnetic head, method of manufacturing the same and magnetic recording apparatusSAE MAGNETICS HK LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 10, 2006·11 cites·5 claims
- 2877US5739991AComposite thin film head having magnetoresistive and inductive head portions with nonmagnetic thin film interposed between core and shield portions of core layerSANYO ELECTRIC CO·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 14, 1998·29 cites·6 claims
- 2976US7826175B2Thin-film magnetic head including two magnetic layers and flat spiral coil, and method of manufacturing sameTDK CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 2, 2010·3 cites·7 claims
- 3076US7796359B2Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording and method of manufacturing the same, the magnetic head including pole layer and two shields sandwiching the pole layerTDK CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 14, 2010·3 cites·22 claims
- 3175US8000064B2Thin-film magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording and method of making the sameTDK CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 16, 2011·8 cites·9 claims
- 3275US7508630B2Thin film magnetic head and method of manufacturing the sameSAE MAGNETICS HK LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 24, 2009·6 cites·14 claims
- 3374US7363700B2Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic headSAE MAGNETICS HK LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 29, 2008·6 cites·7 claims
- 3474US7328499B2Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic headTDK CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 12, 2008·6 cites·2 claims
- 3573US7808743B2Perpendicular magnetic write head having a structure that suppresses unintended erasure of information on a write medium at a non-writing timeTDK CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 5, 2010·2 cites·12 claims
- 3673US7787215B2Thin film magnetic head in which thermal protrusion is suppressed and method of forming the sameTDK CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 31, 2010·2 cites·17 claims
- 3771US7293345B2Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic recording headTDK CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 13, 2007·8 cites·13 claims
- 3870US7492551B2Thin film magnetic head, method of manufacturing the same, and magnetic recording apparatusSAE MAGNETICS HK LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 17, 2009·6 cites·12 claims
- 3968US5436781AThin film magnetic head having upper magnetic core layer with layers separated by discontinuous non-magnetic stripesSANYO ELECTRIC CO·Filed 1993·Granted Jul 25, 1995·17 cites·1 claims
- 4068US5056353AMarker for detecting amount of working and process for producing thin film magnetic headSANYO ELECTRIC CO·Filed 1989·Granted Oct 15, 1991·15 cites·4 claims
- 4167US6665144B2Thin film magnetic head and method of making wherein the head includes a magnetic layer including an underlayer and a coating layer with each having a uniform width portion and a wider portionSAE MAGNETICS HK LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 16, 2003·6 cites·21 claims
- 4266US7995308B2Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording and method of manufacturing same, the magnetic head incuding pole layer and two shields sandwiching the pole layerTDK CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 9, 2011·1 cites·13 claims
- 4364US7522376B2Perpendicular magnetic recording head and method of manufacturing the sameTDK CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 21, 2009·5 cites·2 claims
- 4463US8353098B2Method of manufacturing perpendicular magnetic write headSAE MAGNETICS HK LTD·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 15, 2013·2 cites·5 claims
- 4562US7779534B2Thin film magnetic head, method of manufacturing the same, and magnetic recording headSAE MAGNETICS HK LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 24, 2010·2 cites·3 claims
- 4662US7248436B2Thin film magnetic head and method of manufacturing the sameSAE MAGNETICS HK LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 24, 2007·3 cites·10 claims
- 4761US7525770B2Thin film magnetic head and method of manufacturing sameSAE MAGNETICS HK LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 28, 2009·3 cites·16 claims
- 4860US5793579AThin film magnetic head and process for producing sameSANYO ELECTRIC CO·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 11, 1998·14 cites·4 claims
- 4958US8169739B2Perpendicular magnetic write headMINO TETSUYA·Filed 2009·Granted May 1, 2012·0 cites·3 claims
- 5058US7218475B2Thin film magnetic head and magnetic recording apparatusSAE MAGNETICS HK LTD·Filed 2004·Granted May 15, 2007·3 cites·9 claims
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