Michael Bruce Moir
37Patents
14h-index
31Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 25, 1988 → Nov 13, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.