Hiromitsu Masuda
22Patents
8h-index
41Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 23, 1994 → Mar 20, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7130159B2 | Magnetic disk apparatus | Physics | 53 | Expired |
| US6614627B1 | Magnetic disk apparatus | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US6594104B2 | Magnetic disk unit including temperature sensing of IC mounted on suspension | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US6614623B2 | Disc drive head supporting mechanism having power supply pads for an integrated circuit which are of a greater area than signal/control junction pads | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US6624982B2 | Magnetic disk recording apparatus | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US5450931A | Vibration control apparatus | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 10 | Expired |
| US7929254B2 | Disk drive device and carriage of actuator with damping member | Physics | 10 | Active |
| US10891980B1 | Central support for improved structural dynamics of actuators in a multi-actuator hard disk drive | Physics | 9 | Active |
| US10594100B1 | Flexible type electrical feed-through connector assembly | Electricity | 7 | Active |
| US6982852B2 | Carriage arm assembly for magnetic disk drive | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US6927947B2 | Magnetic disk apparatus | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US8305714B2 | Voice-coil motor with voice coils configured oriented in the same direction and substantially overlayed to reduce head vibrations in a disk drive | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US6879467B2 | Carriage arm assembly for locating magnetic head, and magnetic disk apparatus using the same | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US7545607B2 | Carriage arm assembly for locating magnetic head, and magnetic disk apparatus using the same | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US8767353B2 | Low profile damper plates for a yoke of a voice coil motor | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US6970330B2 | Magnetic disk drive with carriage having bobbin supporting annular coil connected by connection members | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US8630061B2 | Retaining a spoiler in a hard disk drive | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US7110223B2 | Carriage arm assembly for locating magnetic head, and magnetic disk apparatus using the same | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US6754023B2 | Magnetic disk device with magnetic head supporting mechanism having integrated circuit mounted thereon | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US6912102B2 | Magnetic head with IC thereon with recording frequency controlled according to IC position | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US7031118B2 | Carriage arm assembly for locating magnetic head, and magnetic disk apparatus using the same | Physics | 0 | Expired |
| US9177578B1 | Hard disk drive voice coil actuator latch | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.