Inventor · Los Gatos, CA, US

Karl A. Flechsig

32Patents
11h-index
38Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 27, 1993 → Jun 2, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6265846A Active bypass circuit for extending energy capacity and operational life of a multi-cell battery Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 65 Expired
US7126777B2 Disk drive with selectable power source for heater in a slider Physics 62 Expired
US5423207A Advanced PZT glide head design and implementation for a small slider Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US5528922A Method of making disk bumps with laser pulses for calibrating PZT sliders Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US6092412A Glide height test signal processor and method using increased high frequency components Physics 23 Expired
US5581021A Method and apparatus for optimizing piezoelectric surface asperity detection sensor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US5450747A Method for optimizing piezoelectric surface asperity detection sensor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US5689057A Calibration disk with disk bumps for calibrating PZT sliders Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US8094409B2 Method and system for monitoring gas in sealed hard disk drives with feedback Physics 14 Active
US5631408A Method of making disk bumps with laser pulses Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US8493688B2 Head slider and hard disk drive Physics 11 Active
US8630057B2 In-situ contact potential measurement in hard-disk drives Physics 10 Active
US7907062B2 Dual direction power and data transfer protocol and safety detection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US7192398B2 Hard disk drive medical monitor with GPS Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US6678113B2 Device and method for monitoring lubricant within a disk drive Physics 5 Expired
US7164549B2 Load/unload system and method for maximizing disk writeable area Physics 5 Expired
US8576407B2 Contactless optical glide head using at least two concurrent interference signals and a multi-channel light detector for detecting disk asperities Physics 4 Active
US7176703B2 Test probe with thermally activated grip and release Physics 3 Expired
US7874389B2 Flexible hybrid drive system for vehicle stability control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US7345845B2 Fluid damping structure for hard disk drives and vibration sensitive electronic devices Physics 3 Expired
US7298575B2 Load/unload systems and methods for maximizing disk writeable area Physics 3 Active
US7247136B2 Hard disk drive medical monitor with alert signaling system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US8338742B2 Dynamic test glide head calibration using laser adjustment Physics 2 Active
US7817371B2 Active compensation of flying height in magnetic disk drives Physics 2 Active
US7154698B2 Load/unload system and method for maximizing disk writeable area Physics 2 Expired

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