Brian D. Strom
26Patents
8h-index
44Co-inventors
71Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 13, 1999 → Feb 2, 2018
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7324299B1 | Disk drive that positions a head at multiple head-to-disk spacings | Physics | 34 | Expired |
| US7042674B1 | Disk drive head resetting system using slider heater | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US6999265B1 | Method and system for dual element transducer flight height adjustment using combined thermal and electrostatic control | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US7420760B2 | Method and apparatus reducing flying height drop in a hard disk drive under humid conditions | Physics | 15 | Active |
| US7349169B2 | Method and apparatus for improved starting and/or stopping in a contact start-stop (CSS) hard disk drive. | Physics | 11 | Active |
| US6381102B1 | Head stack assembly rebound latch for a disk drive | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US6920019B2 | Device and method for improved stiction reliability in disk drives employing padded sliders | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US7310194B1 | System for monitoring and dynamically adjusting head-to-disk spacing in a disk drive | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US7509728B1 | Method for adjusting head-to-disk spacing in a disk drive | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US7369348B2 | Method and apparatus for adaptation to humidity in a hard disk drive | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US7688543B2 | Device to regenerate a desiccant in a hard disk drive | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US7310195B1 | System and method for adjusting head-to-disk spacing in a disk drive | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US10032217B2 | Reconciliation for enabling accelerated access to contribution funded accounts | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US7382565B2 | Method to avoid contact between the head and disk protrusions | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US7719792B2 | Method and apparatus intelligently adapting to environmental conditions inside and outside a hard disk drive | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US11348096B2 | Reconciliation for enabling access to transferring contribution funded accounts | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US7646566B1 | Slider deformation control by thermal-structural compensators | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US11164154B2 | Flexible and prioritized multi-purse tables for multi-account benefit plan management and processing | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US7569088B2 | Method and apparatus for circulating air through a hard disk drive | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US7280315B1 | Passive compensation for pole tip protrusion by slider bending | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US7760469B2 | Method and apparatus for an air bearing surface to reduce contamination due to saturation water vapor pressure in a hard disk drive | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US7715150B2 | Apparatus and method for head gimbal assembly sharing power to slider amplifier and micro-actuator in a hard disk drive | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US7639449B1 | Passive fly height adjustment to compensate for ambient pressure changes in a disk drive | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US7599142B2 | Apparatus and method for slider-disk contact indication by monitoring the spindle control signal in a hard disk drive | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US8582232B2 | Heat assisted spindle motor | Electricity | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.