Herbert E. Thompson
23Patents
14h-index
11Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 25, 1975 → May 31, 2000
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5205318A | Recirculation hot water system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 95 | Expired |
| US4965685A | Removable cartridge disc drive with radial arm voice coil actuator | Physics | 72 | Expired |
| US3953900A | Artificial limb with three-part cosmetic covering | Human Necessities | 63 | Expired |
| US5166845A | Integrated read/write heads, flexure assembly and air-bearing structure on common unitary substrate | Physics | 59 | Expired |
| US4870518A | Removable cartridge disc drive with radial arm voice coil actuator | Physics | 49 | Expired |
| US5444586A | Removable cartridge for a disk drive with a 1.8 inch form factor | Physics | 48 | Expired |
| US4864452A | Removable cartridge with lockable access door | Physics | 47 | Expired |
| US4528607A | Magnetic record/playback head positioning apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 35 | Expired |
| US4539614A | Flexible magnetic disk clamping an injector mechanism | Physics | 35 | Expired |
| US4630145A | Fine positioning apparatus for floppy disk drive | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| USD350115S | Cartridge with a 1.8 inch form factor for a removable cartridge disk drive | General | 21 | Expired |
| US5440436A | Removable cartridge disk drive with a 1.8 inch form factor | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US5724216A | Removable cartridge which may be mounted to a disk drive spindle motor without relative movement between the motor and a housing of the cartridge | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US3964103A | Magnetic transducer with trim erase and housing therefor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 17 | Expired |
| US5699210A | Disk drive for receiving a removable cartridge and method of inserting the cartridge | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US5831790A | Removable cartridge disk drive with a compact mechanism for engaging the disk cartridge and drive spindle motor | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US6049444A | Rotatable door and door opening mechanism for a cartridge | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US4320426A | Head assembly for recording on magnetic disc | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US4308564A | Head load/unload mechanism for rotating magnetic memories | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| USD383452S | Removable cartridge disk drive | General | 8 | Expired |
| USD363926S | Cartridge with a 1.8 inch form factor for a removable cartridge disk drive | General | 7 | Expired |
| US4323938A | Rolling pivot for magnetic head | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US6333834A | Rattle reduction mechanism in a removable cartridge for a disk drive | Physics | 2 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.