Celebrity Inventors
Penn Jillette of Penn and Teller fame has patented a "Hydro-Therapeutic Stimulator", which uses a hot tub for stimulation.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8134894 | Surface plasmon polariton direction change device, read/write head, laser-assisted magnetic recording apparatus, and optical circuit This invention provides a surface plasmon polariton direction change device (1) for changing a propagation direction of a surface plasmon polariton (5). The surface plasmon polariton direction change device (1) includes a metal film support memb... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8036069 | Plasmon shield to shape and reduce optical spot A TAMR head is disclosed with a triangular shaped plasmon antenna covered on two sides with a plasmon layer that generates an edge plasmon mode along a vertex of the two plasmon sides formed opposite a main pole layer. A plasmon shield (PS) is formed along the ABS a... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7961562 | Flexible waveguide with adjustable index of refraction A flexible waveguide with an adjustable index of refraction. The core layer and/or the cladding layer of a flexible waveguide may include a plurality of nanoparticles having a different index of refraction than the core layer and/or cladding layer. The plurality of ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7944781 | Flexible waveguide with adjustable index of refraction A flexible waveguide with an adjustable index of refraction. The core layer and/or the cladding layer of a flexible waveguide may include a plurality of nanoparticles having a different index of refraction than the core layer and/or cladding layer. The plurality of ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7663982 | Light delivery module, method of fabricating the same and heat-assisted magnetic recording head using the light delivery module A light delivery module, a method of fabricating the same, a heat-assisted magnetic recording head using the light delivery module are provided. The light delivery module delivers light emitted from a light source. The light delivery module includes an optical waveg... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7626894 | Heat assisted magnetic recording light delivery with fixed laser and rotating mirror An apparatus comprises a moveable arm for positioning an optical transducer adjacent to a storage medium, a stationary light source, and a moveable mirror mounted at a pivot axis of the arm for reflecting light from the light source to the optical transducer. An act... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7492673 | Optically assisted magnetic recording device with semiconductor laser, optically assisted magnetic recording head and magnetic disk device The present invention provides a magnetooptic device, a magnetooptic head, and a magnetic disk drive each capable of performing optically assisted magnetic recording and each having a small size, improved recording density, and a higher transfer rate. In a magnetoop... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7444054 | Apparatus for focusing plasmon waves An apparatus comprises a thin film metallic layer, a first dielectric layer arranged on a first side of said thin film metallic layer and having a first index of refraction, a second dielectric layer arranged on the opposite side of said thin film metallic layer fro... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440660 | Transducer for heat assisted magnetic recording An apparatus includes a first waveguide configured to focus an electromagnetic wave to a focal region, and a second waveguide defining an opening having an end positioned adjacent to the focal region, the second waveguide including a first metallic layer, and second... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7412143 | Heat assisted magnetic recording with heat profile shaping A transducer comprises a conductive pin and a waveguide for directing electromagnetic radiation onto the pin, wherein the pin is configured to create a rectangular flat top field distribution at a surface of a storage medium positioned adjacent to an end of the pin,... | 08/12/2008 |
| RE40371 | Optical disc recording/reproduction apparatus and method An optical disc recording/reproduction apparatus for recording and/or reproducing a data by applying a beam from an optical head unit through a substrate onto/from a recording layer of the optical disc through, wherein the substrate of the optical disc is 0.3 mm or ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372648 | Optically-assisted magnetic recording head and optically-assisted magnetic recording apparatus A pair of members opposed to each other via a gap are commonly used as an evanescent light probe and a writing magnetic head. When the spacing and width of the gap are smaller than the wavelength λ of injected light, highly intensive evanescent light is generated f... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365941 | Optical recording head including an optical resonant cavity An optical recording head including a media heating device to write and read data to a heat sensitive optical media disk. The media heating device includes an optical energy resonant cavity that produces a high intensity near-field optical spot of subwavelength dime... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7330404 | Near-field optical transducers for thermal assisted magnetic and optical data storage An optical transducer comprises an optical element for directing an electromagnetic wave to a focal region and a metallic nano-structure having a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to an electric field of the electromagnetic wave, the metallic nano-structure b... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324425 | Optical disk device having mirror in micro electrical mechanical system An optical disk device in which the laser beam emitted from a laser light source and deflected by a movable mirror is focused on an optical recording medium by an optical head section. Tracking control is carried out by a drive control section based on the laser bea... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315502 | Light integration unit, optical pickup device using the unit, and optical disk device An object of the present invention is to attain stable tracking servo performance by suppressing an offset caused by a shift of an object lens or a tilt of a disk, despite the one-beam method which does not cause reduction in light quantity of the main beam. A diffr... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310205 | Thermally assisted recording of magnetic media using a resonant cavity and energy A magnetic head including a media heating device including an optical cavity resonator that produces a high intensity near-field optical beam adjacent to the write pole. Optical energy is coupled into the resonant cavity through a waveguide that is placed proximate ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7288776 | Optical head capable of providing a subwavelength beams The present invention provides an optical head with a single or multiple sub-wavelength light beams, which can be used in arenas such as photolithography, optical storage, optical microscopy, to name a few. The present invention includes a transparent substrate, a t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7272079 | Transducer for heat assisted magnetic recording An apparatus for concentrating electromagnetic energy comprises a metallic transducer including a first section and a second section, wherein the first section is wider than the second section and has a width to length aspect ratio greater than or equal to a width t... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272099 | Exposure apparatus of an optical disk master, method of exposing an optical disk master and pinhole mechanism An exposure apparatus of an optical disk master having a laser source, a deflector for deflecting a recording laser beam obtained based on the laser beam of the laser source and an objective lens for focusing the recording laser beam on an optical disk master, has a... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268973 | Perpendicular magnetic head having thermally assisted recording element A perpendicular magnetic head including a media heating element that is fabricated within the magnetic head structure. The heating element is preferably fabricated above the first magnetic pole layer close to the ABS surface of the head. In one embodiment, following... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266268 | Diffraction grating Diffraction gratings for coupling an electromagnetic wave into a planar waveguide are disclosed. The diffraction grating may include a first diffraction grating and a second diffraction grating slanted relative to one another. Alternatively, the diffraction grating ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7251089 | Storage medium with overcoat layer for enhanced heating A data storage system includes a magnetic storage medium and a write head configured to be positioned adjacent the storage medium and. The write head includes a magnetic field source configured to apply a magnetic field to the storage medium and an optical near fiel... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250598 | Plasmon enhanced near-field optical probes A plasmon enhanced near-field optical probe has an optical coupler with an end face and a metal coating forming at least one plasmon enhancement structure. An extension provides probe-to-sample separation feedback. A microscope cantilever has a lever arm with an ape... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7236332 | Thermally assisted recording of magnetic using an in-gap optical resonant cavity A magnetic head including a media heating device that is fabricated within the magnetic head structure. The media heating device is fabricated between the writing magnetic pole of a perpendicular magnetic head and the ABS surface of the head, where it serves to heat... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7226175 | Image exposure device and laser exposure device applied thereto When a ratio R between a total angle φ of a widening angle in a median intensity of light of a light source (a GaN based semiconductor laser) and a total angle 2/φ of a widening angle of light defining a numerical aperture NA of a collimator optical system (collim... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7161875 | Thermal-assisted magnetic memory storage device A thermal-assisted probe based magnetic memory storage device. In a particular embodiment, magnetic tunnel junction memory cells and at least one movable probe with a tip characterized by a conductor and a heat generator are provided. The movable probe may be placed... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161876 | Magneto-optical recording medium, and method for recording information in a recording layer A magneto-optical recording medium includes a substrate and a reproducing layer and a recording layer provided on the substrate. A recording magnetic domain is provided in the recording layer by heating the recording layer by irradiation with light and applying a re... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7154820 | Optical element for enhanced transmission of light and suppressed increase in temperature An optical element structure allowing an increased power density of aperture-transmitted light while suppressing increase in temperature is disclosed. A conductive film has a sub-wavelength aperture formed therein and a periodic surface topography formed thereon. A ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7133230 | Recording head and information recording apparatus To generate a satisfactory recording magnetic domain on a recording medium and to improve the durability of a recording head, an information recording apparatus for generating an optical near field and thermo-magnetically recording information on the recording mediu... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129508 | Compact VCSEL sensor with multiple sensing capabilities The invention includes also a sensor tat includes at least one laser, at least one detector, and at least one lens system that includes a sensor surface having three individual surfaces that are virtually the same, and an object surface having two individual surface... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7122391 | Wafer-level test structure for edge-emitting semiconductor lasers Wafer-level stage testing of semiconductor lasers can be facilitated by directing a light beam emitted from the semiconductor laser toward a direction different from a path of the light beam as originally emitted from the laser. A test structure can be coupled to a ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7106935 | Apparatus for focusing plasmon waves An apparatus for focusing plasmon waves to a spot. The plasmon waves are there converted to light. In one application, the light is used for heat induced magnetic recording. In another application, the light is used as a part of near field scanning microscope. The p... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106681 | Optical head arrangements with single substrate lasers An optical head with a plurality of semi-conductor laser chips for use in reducing inclination or gradient of more than one beam presently falling onto a focusing lens is disclosed. To this end, a double mirror or alternatively beam reshaping means is disposed which... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102992 | Contact optical head for data storage Techniques and devices based on contact optical heads in optical storage devices and systems. In one implementation, a load actuator is provided in an optical storage device and is operable to apply a force to cause the optical head to contact the optical disk at a ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098895 | Optical trackball device and electronic apparatus An optical trackball device of the present invention includes a ball as an operating member, using a material that partially transmits light, and this ball is rotatably supported by a support member. Light emitted from a light emitter disposed beneath the ball is re... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7079455 | Optical reading and writing system An optical reading and writing system including a base; an optical disk rotatably mounted on the base; an optical pickup including an objective lens, focusing a light beam to form a light spot on a recording surface of the optical disk; an actuator arm mounted on th... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7069569 | Near-field optical head system with integrated slider and laser A near-field optical system having one or more solid state lasers and an aerodynamically shaped slider which comprise a single integrated, monolithic device fabricated from the same base semiconductor material. The monolithic optical head can be quickly and easily a... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7069568 | Record head for thermally assisted magnetic recording A record head for the thermally assisted magnetic recording on a storage medium. The head has an inductive section, which includes a magnetic circuit having a record flux guide ending in a record pole, and an optical section, which includes an optical guide ending i... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7057151 | Optical transmission apparatus with directionality and divergence control An apparatus for emitting light with a controlled directionality and optical divergence from at least one opening includes a light impervious surface structure having the at least one opening, a periodic or quasi-periodic surface topography including one or several ... | 06/06/2006 |
