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Olaf Winterhalter — 20 Patents

MCMinebea Co.: 18 patents #22 of 736Top 3%
MMMinebea Mitsumi: 1 patents #239 of 442Top 55%
PGPrecision Motors Deirtsche Minebea Gmbh: 1 patents #5 of 10Top 50%
Epfendorf, DE: #1 of 12 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #214,803 of 4,157,543Top 6%
20 Patents All Time
Olaf Winterhalter has been granted 20 US patents while listed as an inventor at Minebea Co.. The first was granted in 2003 and the most recent in September 2019. Olaf Winterhalter ranks #214,803 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.2%). Patent records list Olaf Winterhalter in Epfendorf, DE.

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Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10424992 Fluid-dynamic bearing system Michael Bruckhoff, Tobias Kirchmeier, Andreas Kull, Jorg Hoffmann 2019-09-24
RE46300 Spindle motor having a fluid dynamic bearing system and a stationary shaft Vladimir V. Popov, Jurgen Fleig, Martin Bauer, Guido Schmid, Matthias Wildpreth +3 more 2017-02-07
RE45387 Spindle motor having a fluid dynamic bearing system and a stationary shaft Vladimir V. Popov, Jurgen Fleig, Martin Bauer, Guido Schmid, Matthias Wildpreth +3 more 2015-02-24
8699181 Spindle motor for driving a hard disk drive Joerg Hoffmann, Markus Loehr 2014-04-15
8322927 Fluid dynamic bearing Andreas Kull 2012-12-04
8220998 Fluid dynamic bearing 2012-07-17
7982349 Spindle motor having a fluid dynamic bearing system and a stationary shaft Vladimir V. Popov, Jurgen Fleig, Martin Bauer, Guido Schmid, Mathias Wildpreth +3 more 2011-07-19
7866889 Fluid dynamic bearing system 2011-01-11
7345392 Spindle motor having a hydrodynamic bearing system Martin Hafen, Joerg Hoffmann, Andreas Kull, Tobias Kirchmeier, Rudolf Neumann +1 more 2008-03-18 $190,000
7344002 Method and apparatus for filling the bearing gap of a hydrodynamic bearing with a lubricant Rudolf Neumann, Carsten Etling, Guido Schmid, Holger Schoenfelder 2008-03-18 $190,000
7309937 Spindle motor of a small-scale design Joerg Hoffmann 2007-12-18 $321,000
7125169 Hydrodynamic pivot bearing Andreas Kull, Joerg Hoffmann, Martin Hafen 2006-10-24 $106,000
7097360 Hydrodynamic bearing for a spindle motor 2006-08-29
7008110 Hydrodynamic pivot bearing Andreas Kull, Joerg Hoffmann, Martin Hafen 2006-03-07 $120,000
7001073 Hydrodynamic bearing for a spindle motor Joerg Hoffmann, Martin Hafen 2006-02-21 $117,000
6984069 Hydrodynamic thrust bearing Joerg Hoffman 2006-01-10
6945696 Hydrodynamic thrust bearing Ralf Dittes, Helmut Hueneke, Joerg Hoffman, Jurgen Oelsch, Thilo Rehm +1 more 2005-09-20 $82,000
6943985 Spindle motor and hard disk drive Andreas Kull, Joerg Hoffman 2005-09-13 $97,000
6921209 Conical hydrodynamic pivot bearing Joerg Hoffmann, Martin Hafen 2005-07-26 $117,000
6504279 Motor mount for small high speed motors Jurgen Oelsch, Manfred Rauer, Helmut Hans 2003-01-07