Inventor · Stillwater, MN, US

Durkee B. Richards

10Patents
7h-index
16Co-inventors
59Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 17, 1992 → Jul 19, 2004

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5450257A Head-tape alignment system and method Physics 73 Expired
US5280402A Combined stepper motor and voice coil head positioning apparatus Physics 64 Expired
US6781778B1 Time-based sectored servo data format Physics 57 Expired
US5434732A Balanced cantilevered head positioning mechanism for multitrack tape recorder Physics 44 Expired
US5870924A Tape bearing surface with reduced tape contact and method of making same Physics 15 Expired
US5346155A Belt driven cartridge with magnetic brake assembly Physics 10 Expired
US6690531B2 Dynamic tape path adjustment Physics 8 Expired
US6700743B2 Tape media cleaning/finishing device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US7079343B2 Time-based sectored servo data format Physics 3 Expired
US6295181A Tape bearing surface with reduce tape contact and method of making same Physics 2 Expired

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