Inventor · St. Louis Park, MN, US

Mark A. Toffle

24Patents
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26Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 14, 1988 → Sep 28, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4931338A Test disk having fluorocarbon resin asperities for magnetic disk drive component testing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US6757136B2 Apparatus and method for coupling a flex suspension assembly to an actuator assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US6018437A Disc drive servo writer support assembly Physics 13 Expired
US6952319B2 Writing position data ex situ using an actuator retractable by a retractable support element Physics 11 Expired
US6937433B2 Windage suppression device and associated method for a retractable air flow control Physics 7 Expired
US6900968B2 Multi-disc servo track writer vibration isolation method and apparatus Physics 5 Expired
US5390060A Lock mechanism for restraining a head of a head/arm assembly Physics 5 Expired
US6445540B1 Linear air bearing with vacuum stiffener Physics 5 Expired
US7345844B2 Servo track writer with helium bearing Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 4 Expired
US5323284A Magnetic transducer receiver for a disk drive Physics 4 Expired
US6798614B2 Releasable disc clamping assembly Physics 4 Expired
US6775088B2 Vertically-oriented servo track writer and method Physics 3 Expired
US6407878B1 Horizontal loader for high density servo track writing Physics 3 Expired
US9466327B1 Color coded glass disc spacer Physics 2 Active
US7535670B2 Flow or windage control for a cantilevered head assembly Physics 2 Expired
US7382571B2 Pressure equalizing fluid flow stripper apparatus Physics 1 Expired
US7154697B2 Vertically-oriented servo track writer and method Physics 1 Expired
US9236083B2 Writer with working fluid bearing Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 0 Active
US7765891B2 Robotic compliance mechanism Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US8174796B2 Baseplate interconnect Physics 0 Active
US8558146B2 Position control with compensation for thermal cycling of a workpiece support Physics 0 Active
US10344889B2 Control valves with safety guards Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 0 Active
US7023643B2 Detecting transducer position precisely with a reusable sensor assembly Physics 0 Expired
US7116524B2 Servo track writer with actuator vibration isolation Physics 0 Expired

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