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Walter Lloyd Prater

IBM: 19 patents #5,782 of 70,183Top 9%
HG HGST: 2 patents #738 of 1,677Top 45%
📍 San Jose, CA: #3,078 of 32,062 inventorsTop 10%
🗺 California: #27,156 of 386,348 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #211,397 of 4,157,543Top 6%
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Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7469463 Method for forming a dual actuator pivot Ambrish Misra, Miquel Dominguez 2008-12-30
6687092 Pivot bearing assembly for compensating for disk drive actuator tilt Terry Kan 2004-02-03
6651340 Self-aligning fixture for pre-loading and aligning pivot bearing assemblies 2003-11-25
6618226 Locally deformable sleeve on disk drive pivot assembly 2003-09-09
6603640 Dual actuator pivot bearing system and method for making the same Ambrish Misra, Miguel Dominguez 2003-08-05
6585852 Concentrated UV light curing of adhesive for pivot applications Eric Martin Albertson 2003-07-01
6562176 Concentrated UV light curing of adhesive for pivot applications Eric Martin Albertson 2003-05-13
6560856 Self-aligning fixture for pre-loading and aligning pivot bearing assemblies 2003-05-13
6544381 Concentrated UV light curing of adhesive for pivot applications Eric Martin Albertson 2003-04-08
6508905 Concentrated UV light curing of adhesive for pivot applications Eric Martin Albertson 2003-01-21
6490138 Multiple actuator pivot bearing 2002-12-03
6480363 Hard disk drive actuator assembly with damped tolerance ring for enhancing drive performance during structural resonance modes 2002-11-12
6466414 Continuously wound fiber-reinforced disk drive actuator assembly Gwendolyn Jones Chung, Wayne Isami Imaino 2002-10-15
6446325 Method of making a swagable metal arm tip for a ceramic actuator arm 2002-09-10
6342992 Hard disk drive actuator pivot with inboard pads and enhanced pivot sleeve thickness for improved servo stability Eric Martin Albertson, Ambrish Misra, Hatem Radwan 2002-01-29
6299358 UV-transparent elements for hard disk drive components Eric Martin Albertson 2001-10-09
6296734 Concentrated UV light curing of adhesive for pivot applications Eric Martin Albertson 2001-10-02
6250364 Semi-solid processing to form disk drive components Gwendolyn Jones Chung 2001-06-26
6245265 Method of forming a die-castable hollow core actuator arm with improved damping Gwendolyn Jones Chung 2001-06-12
6229676 Ferrofluid seal for actuator bearing 2001-05-08
6151198 Overmolding of actuator E-block by thixotropic or semisolid forging Gwendolyn Jones Chung, Tim Lincoln 2000-11-21