Frederick M. Stefansky
41Patents
23h-index
21Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Jan 25, 1988 → Mar 22, 2002
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5025335A | Architecture for 21/2 inch diameter single disk drive | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 185 | Expired |
| US4965684A | Low height disk drive | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 118 | Expired |
| US5404636A | Method of assembling a disk drive actuator | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 90 | Expired |
| US6094342A | Disk drive jacket | Physics | 90 | Expired |
| US6297936A | Integral load beam push-pull microactuator | Physics | 90 | Expired |
| US6320730A | Low-stress disc drive microactuator cradle | Physics | 75 | Expired |
| US5170300A | Magnetic parking device for disk drive | Physics | 55 | Expired |
| US4979062A | Disk drive architecture | Physics | 50 | Expired |
| US6295185A | Disc drive suspension having a moving coil or moving magnet microactuator | Physics | 49 | Expired |
| US6636388B2 | Disc drive suspension having a moving coil or moving magnet microactuator | Physics | 48 | Expired |
| US5029026A | Disk drive architecture | Physics | 46 | Expired |
| US6215629A | Unitary synchronous flexure microactuator | Physics | 45 | Expired |
| US5532889A | Winchester drive card including an actuator arm body, actuator arm plates, and a VCM magnet external to a controlled environment | Physics | 45 | Expired |
| US5329412A | Two and one half inch diameter disk drive having 0.6 inch height | Physics | 38 | Expired |
| US5844754A | Stackable actuator assembly having spring retaining system | Physics | 34 | Expired |
| US5477401A | Magnet shield for disk drive | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 32 | Expired |
| US5157295A | Under-the-hub disk drive spin motor | Electricity | 31 | Expired |
| US6222706A | Flexure microactuator | Physics | 30 | Expired |
| US6426847B1 | Over-molded base plate and method of manufacture of over-molded base plate for a disc drive | Physics | 30 | Expired |
| US5216662A | Latch mechanism for disk drives | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| US5808830A | Architecture for 2-1/2 inch diameter single disk drive | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US5041934A | Actuator for disk drive | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US6417988B1 | Disc clamp for a disc drive | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US6519110B2 | Disk drive pass-through connector | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US6567238B1 | Disc clamp for a disc drive | Physics | 21 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.