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Brian L. Rappel

IBM: 12 patents #9,222 of 70,183Top 15%
DA Dphi Acquisitions: 4 patents #20 of 45Top 45%
WT Western Digital Technologies: 4 patents #770 of 3,180Top 25%
Overall (All Time): #174,131 of 4,157,543Top 5%
24
Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9836097 Storage drive and storage drive block David D. Brause, Dana C. Fisher 2017-12-05
8717706 Disk drive with a spherical balance plug Curtis S. German, Andrew A. Lucas 2014-05-06
8665555 Disk drive with added external labyrinth path during servo track writing Lionel A. Young, John R. Gustafson, Scott E. Watson, Dana C. Fisher, Andrew A. Lucas 2014-03-04
8437101 Disk drive with a spherical balance plug Curtis S. German, Andrew A. Lucas 2013-05-07
7821735 Apparatus and method for sealing a hard drive enclosure Chad A. Bogacz, David D. Brause 2010-10-26
7817380 Ramp arrangement for a disk drive and method Chad A. Bogacz, David D. Brause 2010-10-19
7667931 Flexible electrical interconnection with ends urged into engagement with curved surfaces of a support and hub in a miniature hard disk drive and method David D. Brause, Chad A. Bogacz 2010-02-23
7593192 Ramp arrangements for a disk drive and method Chad A. Bogacz, David D. Brause 2009-09-22
6906892 Mechanism and method for positioning data cartridge in disk drive Glade N. Bagnell, Robert D. Freeman, Joseph Paul Manes, Stephen A. Misuta, Shane Nowell +1 more 2005-06-14
6829120 Data cartridge load/unload mechanism for disk drive Glade N. Bagnell, Robert D. Freeman, Joseph Paul Manes, Stephen A. Misuta, Shane Nowell +1 more 2004-12-07
6826138 Method for aligning actuator assembly to a base in a miniature optical disk drive Scott Abrahamson, Robert D. Freeman, Edmund Harbuz, Peter Raymond 2004-11-30
D488817 Cartridge for a data storage disk Edwin J. Wadsworth, Stephen A. Misuta, Joseph Paul Manes, Shane Nowell 2004-04-20
6285524 Structure and enclosure assembly for a disk drive Jeffrey F. Boigenzahn, Darrell E. Bratvold, Dale C. Goeke, Michael S. Good, Dale E. Goodman +4 more 2001-09-04
6215074 Direct mounting system for a disk drive Michael S. Good, Douglas W. Johnson, Subrahmanyan Nagarajan, Laurence J. Schmidt, Dennis Ronald Ziegenhagen 2001-04-10
5949619 Servo actuated read/write head actuator assembly for a tape drive Eric A. Eckberg, Gerald Daniel Malagrino, Jr. 1999-09-07
5872678 Enclosure assembly for a disk with a locational and retention cast docket structure for a connector and flexible cable connected to an electronics card Jeffrey F. Boigenzahn, Darrell E. Bratvold, Dale C. Goeke, Michael S. Good, Dale E. Goodman +4 more 1999-02-16
5872679 Structure and enclosure assembly for a disk drive Jeffrey F. Boigenzahn, Darrell E. Bratvold, Richard E. Lagergren, Gregory Lyons, James M. Rigotti +1 more 1999-02-16
5793573 Hybrid actuator servo actuated tape drive having a pivotally mounted motion transmission member Eric A. Eckberg, Gerald Daniel Malagrino, Jr. 1998-08-11
5726834 Actuator for servo actuated tape drive Eric A. Eckberg, Gerald Daniel Malagrino, Jr. 1998-03-10
5710681 Pivot bearing having no moving parts for use in a high density data tape drive Eric A. Eckberg, Gerald Daniel Malagrino, Jr. 1998-01-20
5677806 Head locking apparatus in a servo system so that the head can read and write data on a tape without servo trucks Eric A. Eckberg, Gerald Daniel Malagrino, Jr., Thomas Donald Weller 1997-10-14
5659441 Mechanical device enclosure for high performance tape drive Eric A. Eckberg, Gerald Daniel Malagrino, Jr., Thomas Donald Weller 1997-08-19
5644453 Tape drive actuator including a one piece internally pre-loaded linear bearing Eric A. Eckberg, Gerald Daniel Malagrino, Jr. 1997-07-01
5539595 Structure and enclosure assembly for a disk drive John L. Beck, Jeffrey F. Boigenzahn, Darrell E. Bratvold, Charles A. Brown, Luke A. Cossette +9 more 1996-07-23