Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Nils E. Larson

26Patents
13h-index
32Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 5, 1984 → May 24, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6151197A Water slide suspension assembly having a stiffened vertically offset lift tab Physics 77 Expired
US6061206A Head stack assembly for a disk drive having a unitary molded plastic E-block Physics 72 Expired
US5781373A Acoustic noise reduction system for a disk drive Physics 69 Expired
US7686555B1 Wedge based fastener Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 61 Active
US8300352B1 Disk drive having mounting inserts with cantilevered beams Physics 60 Active
US6961212B1 Shock isolation bearings and travel limit gaps in a spindle motor and disk drive using the same Physics 53 Expired
US7633722B1 Disk drive actuator rotary bearing attachment with cam member Physics 52 Active
US7660075B1 Disk drive including an actuator latch with a pivot ball in a latch post opening and between a VCM top plate and the latch Physics 51 Active
US7957102B1 Disk drive including an actuator latch with a torsionally compliant pusher portion Physics 51 Active
US8416522B1 Disk drive with stepped motor hub Physics 50 Active
US8203806B2 Disk drive having a head loading/unloading ramp that includes a torsionally-compliant member Physics 50 Active
US5862019A Disk drive head actuator fabrication system employing standardized self-aligning modular components Physics 36 Expired
US5818667A Retaining apparatus for a disk drive actuator assembly electrical flex circuit Physics 34 Expired
US4645903A Gas metal arc welding process Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US4857692A Spray mode gas metal arc welding process Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US10742736B2 Integrated erasure coding for data storage and transmission Electricity 8 Active
US5757588A Hard disk assembly having a pivot bearing assembly comprising fingers bearing on a shaft Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 6 Expired
US8870507B1 Wedge based fastener Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Active
US10886821B2 Haptic actuator including thermally coupled heat spreading layer and related methods Electricity 1 Active
US10719130B1 Haptic actuator including overmolded field member and related methods Electricity 0 Active
US10599600B2 Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) switching for multi-host computing system deployments Physics 0 Active
US12405667B2 Electronic device having a shock-resistant haptic engine Physics 0 Active
US11178226B2 Integrated erasure coding for data storage and transmission Electricity 0 Active
US10877563B2 Haptic actuator including overmolded field member and related methods Electricity 0 Active
US11694831B2 Haptic actuator including outwardly extending terminals from first and second housing shells and related methods Electricity 0 Active

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