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Donald J. MacLeod

ST Seagate Technology: 26 patents #187 of 4,626Top 5%
AP Applied Motion Products: 3 patents #2 of 6Top 35%
ST Seagate Technologies: 1 patents #14 of 110Top 15%
Overall (All Time): #126,062 of 4,157,543Top 4%
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Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 25 most recent of 30 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7119984 Method and apparatus for a laser-welded disk drive housing James Lee 2006-10-10
6976682 Apparatus and method for forming a rotatable ferrofluidic seal between a shaft and a hub Robert M. Pelstring, Marten Byl, Jeffry Arnold LeBlanc, Tan Pham, Robert Alan Notingham +1 more 2005-12-20
6975484 Selectively stiff FDB bearing for better servo write Troy M. Herndon, Norbert Steven Parsoneault 2005-12-13
6970327 Data storage device with damped load arm formed from Mn-Cu alloy composition 2005-11-29
6819023 Magnetizing apparatus Greg Zariphopoulos, Robert M. Pelstring, Alain M. Cassat, Gunter Heine 2004-11-16
6781266 Distortion free laser welded fluid bearing design Lynn Bich-Quy Le, Anthony Joseph Aiello 2004-08-24
6664696 Tooth saturation for reduced electromagnetic harmonics Tan Pham, Klaus Kloeppel 2003-12-16
6638414 Electrode design for electrochemical machining of grooves Klaus Kloeppel, Wesley R. Clark, Roger A. Addy 2003-10-28
6402383 Design methods for highly efficient high speed fluid dynamic bearing motors Norbert Parsoneault 2002-06-11
6373655 Low cost hydrodynamic spindle Hans Leuthold, Chris M. Woldemar 2002-04-16
6316853 Spindle motor assembly for disc drives 2001-11-13
6295722 Apparatus for assembling disc drive motors utilizing multiposition preload/cure fixtures Alex Gredinberg, Gregg P. Stevens 2001-10-02
6282053 Adhesiveless disc drive spindle assembly Long Van Nguyen, Alireza Rahimi, Robert A. Nottingham 2001-08-28
6267869 Electrode design for electrochemical machining of grooves Klaus Kloeppel, Wesley R. Clark, Roger A. Addy 2001-07-31
6231676 Cleaning process for disc drive components Gregory I. Rudd, Karl H. Scheppers, Thomas Patrick McDonnell, Paul Weidler, Larry Liu +5 more 2001-05-15
6204996 Low profile spindle motor 2001-03-20
6061894 Method and apparatus for assembling disc drive motors utilizing multiposition preload/cure fixtures Alex Gredinberg, Gregg P. Stevens 2000-05-16
5925946 Damping insert and isolation pad to reduce acoustic levels and vibration in motor and disc drive Jerry Weingord, Peyman Kermanshahi Nejad, Neyram Hemati 1999-07-20
5844748 Disc drive spindle motor with controlled resistance pathway from disc to ground John C. Dunfield, Klaus Kloeppel, Robert M. Pelstring, Michael John Raffetto, Frederick Frank Kazmierczak +1 more 1998-12-01
5729404 Disc drive spindle motor with rotor isolation and controlled resistance electrical pathway from disc to ground John C. Dunfield, Klaus Kloeppel, Robert M. Pelstring, Michael John Raffetto, Frederick Frank Kazmierczak +1 more 1998-03-17
5617272 Adhesiveless seal assembly incorporating magnetic seal for use with disc drive Peter G. Robinson, Long Van Nguyen 1997-04-01
5529404 Adhesiveless assembly with laser welding Peter G. Robinson, Robert A. Nottingham, Norbert Steven Parsoneault 1996-06-25
5485331 High resistivity bearing balls for spindle motor isolation John C. Dunfield, Klaus Kloeppel, Robert M. Pelstring, Michael John Raffetto, Frederick Frank Kazmierczak 1996-01-16
5457589 Hub-disc interface reducing hub reloaded disc surface curvature Hans Leuthold, David Jennings, Gerold Heiner 1995-10-10
5352947 Spindle motor assembly for disc drives 1994-10-04