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William P. Heist — 8 Patents

RRRead Rite: 7 patents #33 of 255Top 15%
ITIntri-Plex Technologies: 2 patents #12 of 32Top 40%
California: #74,834 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
William P. Heist has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Read Rite. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in January 2003. William P. Heist ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list William P. Heist in معلمی نژاد, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6512657 Head suspension having gram load change reduction and method of assembly Kim Aimonetti, Dominic S. Biondo, Larry E. Tucker 2003-01-28 $288,000
6399179 Base plate for suspension assembly in hard disk drive with stress isolation Kevin Hanrahan, Ryan Schmidt, Larry E. Tucker, Kim Aimonetti 2002-06-04 $2,920,000
6230959 Head suspension having gram load change reduction and method of assembly Kim Aimonetti, Dominic S. Biondo, Larry E. Tucker 2001-05-15 $7,680,000
6160684 Head suspension having tabs and force isolation welds for gram load reduction during swaging Kim Aimonetti, Dominic S. Biondo, Larry E. Tucker 2000-12-12 $11,325,000
6046885 Base plate suspension assembly in a hard disk drive with step in flange Kim Aimonetti, Kevin Hanrahan, Ryan Schmidt, Larry E. Tucker 2000-04-04
5943761 Method for adjusting the gram load of head gimbal assemblies Larry E. Tucker 1999-08-31 $6,604,000
5842270 Apparatus for adjusting the gram load of head gimbal assemblies Larry E. Tucker 1998-12-01 $4,234,000
5654851 Head arm assembly having an integral arm with a portion encased in a rigid molded material Larry E. Tucker 1997-08-05 $22,993,000