Inventor · Yokohama, JP

Hitoshi Tsujino

22Patents
11h-index
31Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 17, 1991 → Dec 22, 2005

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5508860A Disk drive design having reduced height and improved means for electrical connections Physics 36 Expired
US6185075A Actuator arm assembly for a magnetic storage device Physics 34 Expired
US6055133A Disk drive head support arm and arm assembly utilizing plural datum features Physics 28 Expired
US6212046A Arm assembly for a disk drive device and a method for fabricating the same Physics 26 Expired
US5796555A Transducer suspension system having bosses with different inner diameters, and equal outer diameters Physics 17 Expired
US6480362B1 Flex cable, head suspension assembly, and hard disk drive Physics 16 Expired
US5315464A Disk apparatus and manufacturing method thereof Physics 16 Expired
US5543982A Disk drive apparatus having a device inside the disk drive housing for electrically connecting a spin motor cable outside the housing to a connector outside the housing Physics 13 Expired
US5483400A Disk drive apparatus Physics 13 Expired
US5532891A Disk drive apparatus Physics 13 Expired
US5646802A Disk drive with head suspensions mounted to actuator arm opposite sides to face respective upper and lower surfaces of disk Physics 12 Expired
US6424501B1 Disk drive ramp structure having integrated discrete rigid support elements for data storage device Physics 9 Expired
US6034843A Actuator arm assembly and wiring aparatus used in a disk storage system for wiring voice coil wires to a flex cable Physics 9 Expired
US7317595B2 Suspension assembly and rotary disk storage device Physics 9 Expired
US5896245A Structure in a disk drive system for attaching a load beam to a head actuator carriage including a mountplate having side ends surrounding a swage hole Physics 8 Expired
US6327814A Apparatus and method for attaching a hard disk drive to a personal computer system Electricity 4 Expired
US7573671B2 Disk device with reduced flutter Physics 3 Active
US6940699B2 Disk drive apparatus having a pivot for supporting a head assembly to allow free pivoting Physics 2 Expired
US7460340B2 Disk drive, and actuator and head actuator assembly Physics 2 Active
US7483239B2 Magnetic disk drive with adjustment of rotational balance Physics 2 Active
US7545599B2 Disk drive with vibration suppression member disposed near head assembly Physics 1 Active
US7486484B2 Arm chamfer for comb type actuator in rotating disk storage device and carriage assembly Physics 0 Active

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