Inventor · San Diego, CA, US

Jian Yang

35Patents
15h-index
52Co-inventors
80Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 19, 2002 → Oct 18, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8446694B1 Disk drive head suspension assembly with embedded in-plane actuator at flexure tongue Physics 91 Active
US8295012B1 Disk drive suspension assembly with rotary fine actuator at flexure tongue Physics 88 Active
US6813170B2 Multiple output power supply having soft start protection for load over-current or short circuit conditions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 68 Expired
US8593764B1 Method for fine actuation of a head during operation of a disk drive Physics 61 Active
US8233239B1 Disk drive head stack assembly having first and second swage bosses with different inner lip profiles Physics 55 Active
US7576955B1 Disk drive actuator with outer arms having regions of reduced width and increased thickness Physics 51 Active
US8693139B2 Ultra-thin HDD embedded disk clamp design Physics 49 Active
US8189298B1 Disk drive actuator having a C-shaped bobbin with wings adjacent longitudinal coil legs Physics 49 Active
US8411389B1 Disk drive fluid dynamic bearing spindle Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 48 Active
US8125740B1 Disk drive actuator having a bobbin contacting a closed coil periphery at two locations Physics 48 Active
US8279631B2 Limiting primary peak charge to control output current of a flyback converter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Active
US8797691B1 Disk drive head suspension with a single piezoelectric element adhered to rotary-actuated and non-actuated portions of a structural layer of a tongue of a laminated flexure Physics 36 Active
US8125798B2 Constant current and voltage controller in a three-pin package operating in critical conduction mode Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US10811373B2 Packaging structure comprising at least one transition forming a contactless interface Electricity 15 Active
US11121475B2 Phased array antenna Electricity 15 Active
US8440229B2 Hollow silica nanospheres and methods of making same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US10892536B2 Waveguides and transmission lines in gaps between parallel conducting surfaces Electricity 14 Active
US9220685B2 Hollow silica nanospheres and methods of making same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US11289787B2 Transition arrangement comprising a waveguide twist, a waveguide structure comprising a number of waveguide twists and a rotary joint Electricity 14 Active
US8354814B2 Fan system circuit module Electricity 10 Active
US8982513B1 Disk drive head suspension with dual piezoelectric elements adhered to rotary-actuated and non-actuated portions of a structural layer of a tongue of a laminated flexure Physics 8 Active
US10978813B2 Bowtie antenna arrangement Electricity 5 Active
US10328160B2 Hollow silica nanospheres and methods of making same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US9935373B2 Self-grounded antenna arrangement Electricity 2 Active
US9089498B2 Multifunctional nanoparticle designs and applications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active

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