Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Frank Morris

22Patents
8h-index
32Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 3, 1984 → Mar 20, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5454157A Method of manufacturing a hermetically sealed disk drive Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 131 Expired
US7283331B2 Method and apparatus reducing off track head motion due to disk vibration in a hard disk drive Physics 27 Expired
US5260847A Sleeveless rotatable beryllium/aluminum actuator arm for a magnetic disc drive Physics 25 Expired
US5084640A Eddy current brake with N impedence gaps Electricity 24 Expired
US5251085A Pivotable arm assembly with reduced thermal distortion Physics 17 Expired
US5206555A Adjustable brake for magnetic actuator Electricity 11 Expired
US7158330B2 Method and apparatus for servo track writing by track following on a dedicated servo disk on a fluid spindle bearing Physics 11 Expired
US4827162A Controlled drag for magnet actuator Electricity 9 Expired
US5113099A Rotary actuator for magnetic recording Electricity 7 Expired
US6771451B2 Auto centering of disks on a hard disk drive Physics 6 Expired
US6243231A Disk cartridge with anti-rattle mechanism Physics 4 Expired
US4587714A Manufacture of motor with split back magnet array Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US6369970B1 Multiple disk write method and device Physics 3 Expired
US7248441B2 Disk drive actuator parking method using impact rebound crash stop with bias tab and pusher and crash stop faces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US6011773A Anti-rattle mechanism for a removable video disk cartridge Physics 3 Expired
US4825984A Visco-elastic couple for magnet actuator Electricity 2 Expired
US6188545A Moveable disk wiper apparatus and method Physics 2 Expired
US7256961B2 Damped spindle motor flange for the disk pack in a hard disk drive Physics 2 Expired
US6967822B2 Disk drive actuator impact rebound crash stop with bias tab and pusher and crash stop faces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US7876532B2 Low-profile rotary motor with fixed back iron Physics 1 Active
US6271986A Video disk cartridge disk hub locking mechanism Physics 1 Expired
US5118976A Controlled-drag voice coil magnetic actuator Electricity 0 Expired

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