Linden James Crawforth
17Patents
9h-index
28Co-inventors
68Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 8, 1993 → Nov 30, 2011
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5384675A | Disk drive with controlled actuator oscillation for release of head carriers | Physics | 42 | Expired |
| US6728067B2 | Slider having integrated lapping guides | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US5986761A | Laser-based inspection tool for disk defects and curvature | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US6786803B2 | Onboard multiphase electronic lapping guide design for MR heads | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US6556380B2 | Silicon sliders with trapezoidal shape and drie process for fabrication | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US6108170A | Slider row with segmented scribe lines for individual control curvature of sliders in the row | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Expired |
| US6321440A | Method for adjusting curvature of magnetic read/write head sliders | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 17 | Expired |
| US5880587A | Method and apparatus for performing in file slider take-off measurements through tuned external AE detection | Physics | 16 | Expired |
| US6075604A | Apparatus for measuring curvature of magnetic read/write head sliders | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US6747845B1 | Modified strain region of strain reactive slider with implanted ions, electrons or neutral atoms | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US7260887B2 | Apparatus for controlling the lapping of a slider based on an amplitude of a readback signal produced from an externally applied magnetic field | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Expired |
| US8047894B2 | Apparatus for evaluating the quality of a lapping plate | Performing Operations; Transporting | 2 | Expired |
| US7914362B2 | Method of evaluating the quality of a lapping plate | Performing Operations; Transporting | 2 | Active |
| US8631561B2 | Method for electrically connecting an energy source to a head of a disk drive | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US7703193B2 | Methods and apparatus for controlling the lapping of a slider based on an amplitude of a readback signal produced from an externally applied magnetic field | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US7386935B2 | Methods and apparatus for controlling the lapping of a slider based on an amplitude of a readback signal produced from an externally applied magnetic field | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US7566483B2 | Particle irradiation method for modification of local strain in strain reactive structures | Physics | 0 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.