David Drouin
12Patents
5h-index
11Co-inventors
59Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 22, 1993 → Jun 29, 2010
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5550685A | Applying an adaptive feed-forward algorithm as a frequency selective filter in a closed loop disk drive servo system in order to compensate for periodic perturbations which otherwise appear in the servo system position error signal | Physics | 101 | Expired |
| US5886846A | Method for applying optimal seeking technique to disk file with excessive repeatable runout | Physics | 39 | Expired |
| US6081400A | Power-off method and device for electronic storage apparatus | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US6353510B2 | Disk speed profile method and device | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US6191904A | Data sector timing compensation technique based upon drive eccentricity | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US7787210B1 | Feed-forward method for repeatable runout cancellation | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US5526212A | Technique for generating audible signals in a disk drive employing a voice coil actuator | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US6104568A | Servo-burst gray code pattern | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US6369970B1 | Multiple disk write method and device | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US6226142A | Burst pattern for detecting the position of a read/write head relative to a magnetic disk | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US8606410B2 | Drive method for starting and operating a resonant scanning MEMS device at its resonant frequency | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US6894453B2 | Method and apparatus to measure disk drive head load/unload velocity | Physics | 1 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.