DG

Donald Ray Gillis

HG HGST: 57 patents #10 of 1,677Top 1%
IBM: 21 patents #5,175 of 70,183Top 8%
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📍 San Jose, CA: #408 of 32,062 inventorsTop 2%
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80
Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 80 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8390950 Reducing the obstruction of air flow through a bypass channel associated with a disk drive using an electrostatic pass-by filter Norbert A. Feliss, Ferdinand Hendriks 2013-03-05
8174782 Methods for depositing lubricant onto disks and systems thereof Norbert A. Feliss, Bernhard E. Knigge 2012-05-08
8134795 Using an atmospheric pressure sensor in a hard-disk drive (HDD) Norbert A. Feliss, Ferdinand Hendriks, Charles A. Brown 2012-03-13
8085488 Predicting operational problems in a hard-disk drive (HDD) Norbert A. Feliss, Ferdinand Hendriks, Charles A. Brown 2011-12-27
8014105 Method and apparatus for modifying the air bearing force of the trailing edge of a slider to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems Walton Fong, Remmelt Pit, Mike Suk 2011-09-06
8014106 Method and apparatus for modifying a dynamic pitch of a slider to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems Walton Fong, Remmelt Pit, Mike Suk 2011-09-06
7990650 Reducing the obstruction of air flow through a bypass channel associated with a disk drive using an electrostatic pass-by filter Norbert A. Feliss, Ferdinand Hendriks 2011-08-02
7907062 Dual direction power and data transfer protocol and safety detection Norbert A. Feliss, Karl A. Flechsig, Sylvia Lee 2011-03-15
7874389 Flexible hybrid drive system for vehicle stability control Norbert A. Feliss, Karl A. Flechsig, Sylvia Lee 2011-01-25
7817371 Active compensation of flying height in magnetic disk drives Sanford A. Bolasna, Norbert A. Feliss, Karl A. Flechsig 2010-10-19
7624496 Method for efficient slider burnishing during drive build Walton Fong, Remmelt Pit, Mike Suk 2009-12-01
7538973 Method and apparatus for providing a fluid damping structure with fuel cell for a hard disk drive and vibration sensitive electronic devices Norbert A. Feliss, Karl A. Flechsig, Sylvia Lee 2009-05-26
7492539 Method for controlling a burnish cycle to minimize cycle time Walton Fong, Vedantham Raman, Kris Schouterden, Mike Suk 2009-02-17
7446973 Disk and clamp assembly Norbert A. Feliss, Reinhard F. Wolter 2008-11-04
7448055 Disk assembly having integral clamp and/or spacer Norbert A. Feliss, Reinhard F. Wolter 2008-11-04
7395931 Protective device for reducing the impact of physical shock Norbert A. Feliss, Andrei Khurshudov 2008-07-08
7364307 Method and system for a beam projector having data manipulation capabilities Norbert A. Feliss, Mike Suk 2008-04-29
7345845 Fluid damping structure for hard disk drives and vibration sensitive electronic devices Norbert A. Feliss, Karl A. Flechsig, Sylvia Lee 2008-03-18
7345850 Method and apparatus for utilizing an off-center gimbal to increase head to disk interface reliability for contact recording systems Walton Fong, Remmelt Pit, Mike Suk 2008-03-18
7338445 Hard disk drive medical monitor with shock-proofing Norbert A. Feliss 2008-03-04
7329005 Method and system for a beam projector having an audio capability device Norbert A. Feliss, Mike Suk 2008-02-12
7310201 Composite disk clamp assembly with lower layer fixedly coupled to upper layer of smaller diameter Norbert A. Feliss, Reinhard F. Wolter 2007-12-18
7298575 Load/unload systems and methods for maximizing disk writeable area Karl A. Flechsig, Shozo Saegusa, Reinhard F. Wolter 2007-11-20
7278967 Hard disk drive medical monitor with mirrored HDDs Norbert A. Feliss, Karl A. Flechsig 2007-10-09
7251096 Shock induced cleaning for hard disk drives Norbert A. Feliss, Karl A. Flechsig, Sylvia Lee 2007-07-31