David E. Jones
42Patents
15h-index
45Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 21, 1986 → Oct 11, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4901173A | Apparatus for coupling record disk to disk drive | Physics | 83 | Expired |
| US5570252A | Disk drive cartridge door | Physics | 50 | Expired |
| US4740851A | Disk drive with spicule member | Physics | 46 | Expired |
| US5216558A | Drawer loading removable cartridge disk drive | Physics | 45 | Expired |
| US4743989A | Plural magnetic disk assembly | Physics | 43 | Expired |
| US5508864A | Flexures which reduce friction in an actuator for a data storage device | Physics | 34 | Expired |
| US5636085A | Magnetic read/write head assembly configured with bleed slots passing through rails to stabilize flexible medium while attaining low fly heighs with respect thereto | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US5671109A | Disk drive cartridge door | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| US5617397A | Movable internal platform for a disk drive | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US5537281A | Flexible disk cartridge having disk stabilization means | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US4855849A | Disk drive motor mount | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US4769733A | Wipers for pair of stabilized magnetic disks | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US4794480A | Bernoulli plate in cartridge | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US5583710A | Disk drive having an automatic spindle motor loading mechanism | Physics | 16 | Expired |
| US5912786A | Disk drive apparatus having an improved spindle motor loading mechanism | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US5943193A | Head park mechanism in a data storage device for preventing accidental damage | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| USD462978S1 | Camera | General | 9 | Expired |
| US5768074A | Disk drive cartridge door | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US5768059A | Head load/unload and cleaning in a data storage device | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US5963399A | Dual loop flex circuit for a linear actuator | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US5920445A | Flexured mounting system for friction reduction and friction linearization in linear actuator for disk drive | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US6301082A | Operating system for operating an eject system and a head retraction system of a disk drive | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US6141188A | Secondary actuator | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US5805555A | Movable internal platform for a disk drive | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US5936798A | Cover for a disk drive assembly | Physics | 5 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.