Inventor · San Juan Capistrano, CA, US

David W. Chew

16Patents
7h-index
35Co-inventors
66Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 7, 1988 → Feb 18, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4839756A Apparatus for read/write head loading and unloading in a data recording disk file Physics 53 Expired
US6563676B1 Disk drive actuator arm Physics 50 Expired
US6631053B1 Actuator pivot assembly that pivotally connects an actuator to a base of a disk drive Physics 15 Expired
US6636383B1 Disk drive actuator arm assembly with unitary flex cable Physics 12 Expired
US8065481B1 RAID system and method compatible with improved drive select Physics 11 Active
US10068619B1 Hand held storage device Electricity 7 Active
US11081132B1 Tape embedded drive with HDD components Physics 7 Active
US10971184B1 Dual drive tape embedded system Electricity 5 Active
US6462913B1 Disk drive latching assembly Physics 4 Expired
US9626376B1 Local area network distributed storage Physics 2 Active
US11386925B2 Data storage device compensating for head/tape wear Physics 1 Active
US6982503B1 Voice coil for disk drive Electricity 1 Expired
US7876532B2 Low-profile rotary motor with fixed back iron Physics 1 Active
US11087011B2 Data storage device with secure access based on tap inputs Physics 1 Active
US8954637B1 Communications cable for a storage device Physics 0 Active
US11288353B2 Data storage device with secure access based on motions of the data storage device Physics 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.