Mark A. Toffle
24Patents
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26Co-inventors
69Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 14, 1988 → Sep 28, 2017
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.