Aaron Steve Macpherson
20Patents
11h-index
21Co-inventors
71Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 10, 1990 → Oct 6, 2008
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6606224B2 | Cartridge bearing with frictional sleeve | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 24 | Expired |
| US6487052B1 | Non-contact magnetic latch for disc drive actuator | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US6600633B2 | Thermally conductive overmold for a disc drive actuator assembly | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US7082012B2 | Disc drive breather filter mounted to a flex circuit bracket | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US6577473B1 | Disc drive ramp that accomodates shipping comb | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Expired |
| US5812345A | Monostable active latch for a disk drive actuator | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US6501615B1 | Dampening member for isolating actuator vibration | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US5270999A | Apparatus and method for reducing disk distortion | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US6525910B1 | Threadably mountable drive actuator bearing assembly | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US6449129B1 | Disc drive ramp with sharp detent | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US5313124A | Return plate for a voice coil motor in a disk drive | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US6252745A | Latch and linear crash stop for a disc drive actuator arm | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US6714379B1 | Top cover shroud for a disc drive | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US6507462B1 | Disc drive voice coil motor with shroud feature | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US5742453A | Passive non-contact magnetic latch for an actuator of a disk drive | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US6781796B2 | Counterbalance fastener for a disc drive stacked actuator | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US6473959B1 | Method for latching a disc driver actuator | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Expired |
| US6822824B2 | Flex circuit bracket which establishes a diffusion path for a data storage device housing | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US6950283B2 | Stacked actuator arm assembly clamp | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US8169748B2 | Damping member for a moveable flex circuit | Electricity | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.