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STSeagate Technology: 40 patents #88 of 4,626Top 2%
XLXyratex Technology Limited: 3 patents #25 of 126Top 20%
NGNorthrop Grumman: 1 patents #859 of 2,250Top 40%
Minneapolis, MN: #49 of 6,114 inventorsTop 1%
Minnesota: #907 of 52,454 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #56,678 of 4,157,543Top 2%
49 Patents All Time

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Showing 26–49 of 49 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
6449127 Low mass disc drive suspension 2002-09-10
6414822 Magnetic microactuator Wayne A. Bonin, Bo Zhang 2002-07-02
6414823 Coil-structures for magnetic microactuator Wayne A. Bonin, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou 2002-07-02
6407888 Transverse slot mounting of head/gimbal suspension assemblies in disc drives 2002-06-18
6396667 Electromagnetic disc drive microactuator and suspension Lei Zhang, Roger A. Resh 2002-05-28
6362939 Balanced microactuator suspension Wayne A. Bonin, Barry D. Wissman, Barbara J. Ihlow-Mahrer 2002-03-26
6198606 Disc drive actuation system having an injection molded magnetic micro-actuator with metal beam inserts and its method of fabrication Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Wayne A. Bonin 2001-03-06
6157520 Disc drive head suspension with gimbal contact feature for ramp load/unload Markus Mangold, Roger A. Resh 2000-12-05
6122149 Magnetic microactuator and inductive sensor having shaped pole configuration Lei Zhang, Patrick J. Ryan 2000-09-19
6078473 Gimbal flexure for use with microactuator Adam Karl Himes, David Allen Sluzewski, Kevin John Schulz, David Gordon Qualey 2000-06-20
6073999 Combination musical instrument stand and chair 2000-06-13
6053737 Intelligent flight tutoring system Bettina A. Babbitt, Helen Barbara Sorensen, Herbert Harrington Bell, Douglas Shields Elder 2000-04-25
6046884 Low mass disc drive suspension 2000-04-04
5910865 Slider having terminated side rails with trailing edge cuts Ling Wang, Lei Zhang 1999-06-08
5774304 Disc head slider having center rail with asymmetric edge steps Robert E. Chapin 1998-06-30
5731932 Transverse pin mounting of head/gimbal assemblies in a disc drive 1998-03-24
5721650 Self-loading disc head slider having blunt cross rail Scott Warmka, Jih-Ping Peng 1998-02-24
5624581 Process for forming a simplified self-loading head slider Layne S. Ihrke 1997-04-29
5550692 Proximity recording air bearing slider design with waist offset 1996-08-27
5515219 Simplified self-loading head slider Layne S. Ihrke 1996-05-07
5267109 Air bearing slider with relieved trailing edge Robert E. Chapin 1993-11-30
5225950 Gimbal having stiffness properties 1993-07-06
5210666 Self-loading air bearing slider with a relieved leading edge Robert E. Chapin 1993-05-11
5062017 Hour-glass disk head slider Richard A. Strom, Robert E. Chapin 1991-10-29