Inventor · Newbury Park, CA, US

Michael Bruce Moir

37Patents
14h-index
31Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 25, 1988 → Nov 13, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4905110A Disk drive spindle motor Electricity 53 Expired
US4980783A Apparatus for automatically applying servo track data to a selected servo surface of a hard disk within a hard disk assembly Physics 37 Expired
US4985792A Disk drive spindle motor with externally mounted flux concentrator ring Physics 34 Expired
US8450898B2 Insulator for stator assembly of brushless DC motor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Active
US5430589A Computer disk drive unit having vibration absorbing isolator disposed between the housing cover and the memory storage unit Physics 29 Expired
US6315620A System, method, and device for a pre-loaded straddle mounted connector assembly Electricity 28 Expired
US5949613A Disk drive spindle motor assembly with stator having a resilient covering with a routing means, an attaching means and a connecting means to operatively connect stator to a base Electricity 27 Expired
US8973576B2 Blower Human Necessities 24 Active
USD589138S1 Motor assembly General 23 Expired
US5136450A Disc pack assembly having a laminate sleeve disposed between a spindle and a disc, for reducing radial disc displacement Physics 17 Expired
USD619700S1 Motor housing General 17 Expired
US5781374A Disc centering device for a disc drive Electricity 16 Expired
US5482381A Actuator assembly having labyrinth seal Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 16 Expired
US10124135B2 Blower Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 14 Active
US5917677A Disk drive motor spindle hub assembly with separately formed hub ceramic flange attachment Physics 12 Expired
USD589136S1 Motor housing General 12 Expired
US5923498A Disc clamp assembly for a disc drive Electricity 12 Expired
US5761002A Disk clamp with clamp load carrying beams Electricity 11 Expired
US5712746A Clamp ring for a disk stack assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US5732458A Process for assembling a clamp ring to a disk stack assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US8816558B2 Insulator for stator assembly of brushless DC motor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US5828518A Disc centering sleeve for a disc drive Electricity 9 Expired
US6031690A Air flow actuated latch for actuator arm in a disc drive Physics 8 Expired
US5724718A Process for assembling a clamp ring to a disk stack assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US6307706A Disc arrangement on a hydrodynamic motor Physics 3 Expired

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