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Ronald Eldon Anderson — 27 Patents

STSeagate Technology: 18 patents #317 of 4,722Top 7%
PLPacific Dunlop Limited: 2 patents #1 of 17Top 6%
The Boeing: 2 patents #5,372 of 15,756Top 35%
CCCretex Companies: 1 patents #12 of 20Top 60%
Lakeville, MN: #21 of 513 inventorsTop 5%
Minnesota: #2,320 of 52,454 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #142,059 of 4,157,543Top 4%
27 Patents All Time
Ronald Eldon Anderson has been granted 27 US patents while listed as an inventor at Seagate Technology. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in September 2021. Ronald Eldon Anderson ranks #142,059 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.4%). Patent records list Ronald Eldon Anderson in Lakeville, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1988 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2009.peak 41988: 2 patents19881993: 1 patents1995: 1 patents19951996: 1 patents2004: 1 patents20042008: 1 patents2009: 4 patents20092010: 3 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 3 patents2016: 4 patents20162017: 2 patents2021: 3 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 27 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11121489 Electrical connector with flexible circuit and stiffener Peng Peng, William A. Casey, Dennis L. Buster, Kerry J. Johnson, Ruth LeMon 2021-09-14 $11,242,000
11105847 Data storage component test socket opener Brett R. Herdendorf 2021-08-31 $23,611,000
11094347 Split ramp for data storage devices Brett R. Herdendorf, Wolfgang Rosner, Riyan Alex Mendonsa 2021-08-17 $32,232,000
9715896 Modular data storage device testing system Michael Louis Rancour, Brett R. Herdendorf 2017-07-25 $11,608,000
9715897 Data storage component test deck Michael Louis Rancour, Brett R. Herdendorf 2017-07-25 $11,608,000
9514781 Data storage component test deck system Brett R. Herdendorf, Michael Louis Rancour 2016-12-06 $22,866,000
9478250 Data storage component testing system Michael Louis Rancour, Brett R. Herdendorf 2016-10-25 $12,475,000
9449643 Data storage component test deck Michael Louis Rancour, Brett R. Herdendorf 2016-09-20 $12,578,000
9412411 Modular data storage device testing system Michael Louis Rancour, Brett R. Herdendorf 2016-08-09 $13,586,000
8582228 Locking media pusher James H. McGlennen, Brett R. Herdendorf 2013-11-12 $5,799,000
8480066 Head gimbal assembly alignment with compliant alignment pin Brett R. Herdendorf 2013-07-09
8424580 Auto lamination cassette apparatus Donald A. Anderson, Gary E. Pfitzner 2013-04-23 $20,812,000
8176794 Unmounted head gimbal assembly clamping plate Brett R. Herdendorf 2012-05-15 $18,904,000
7811401 Cassette apparatus and process Donald A. Anderson, Gary E. Pfitzner 2010-10-12 $20,497,000
7805830 Head gimbal assembly loading with fixed mounting surface Brett R. Herdendorf 2010-10-05 $12,476,000
7791831 Data storage disc track centering James H. McGlennen 2010-09-07 $5,885,000
7542868 Head gimbal assembly loader Brett R. Herdendorf, Michael Steven Quam, Andrew Michael Blair, Kermit Ray Harmon 2009-06-02 $8,990,000
7529635 Method and apparatus for head gimbal assembly testing Andrew Michael Blair, Dale Allen Blomgren, Kermit Ray Harmon, Brett R. Herdendorf, Justin Holwell +8 more 2009-05-05 $17,962,000
7520168 Vibration reduction for head gimbal assembly testing Klaus Obergfell, Steven E. Wheeler, Charles N. Miller, Brett R. Herdendorf, Shawn Eric Fosness 2009-04-21 $11,613,000
7509225 Vibration control of rotating disc Klaus Obergfell, Steven E. Wheeler 2009-03-24 $6,535,000
7452213 Electrical contacts with compliant supports Brett R. Herdendorf, Michael Jon Roe 2008-11-18 $6,163,000
6820889 Apparatus for transporting manufactured housing 2004-11-23
5540424 Crotch overlocking and seaming apparatus Craig Trigg, Heinz Westermeir, Rob Blake 1996-07-30 $452,000
5456192 Crotch overlocking and seaming apparatus Craig Trigg, Heinz Westermeir, Rob Blake 1995-10-10 $374,000
5209601 Manhole grade adjusting ring and method Frank J. Odill 1993-05-11