Olaf Winterhalter
20Patents
4h-index
26Co-inventors
59Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 27, 2000 → Oct 8, 2015
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7982349B2 | Spindle motor having a fluid dynamic bearing system and a stationary shaft | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 34 | Active |
| US7345392B2 | Spindle motor having a hydrodynamic bearing system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 10 | Expired |
| US7344002B2 | Method and apparatus for filling the bearing gap of a hydrodynamic bearing with a lubricant | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 6 | Expired |
| US6943985B2 | Spindle motor and hard disk drive | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 6 | Expired |
| US6504279B1 | Motor mount for small high speed motors | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 4 | Expired |
| US10424992B2 | Fluid-dynamic bearing system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 4 | Active |
| US7097360B2 | Hydrodynamic bearing for a spindle motor | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 4 | Expired |
| US7001073B2 | Hydrodynamic bearing for a spindle motor | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 3 | Expired |
| US7309937B2 | Spindle motor of a small-scale design | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 2 | Expired |
| US6921209B2 | Conical hydrodynamic pivot bearing | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
| US7866889B2 | Fluid dynamic bearing system | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1 | Active |
| US6984069B2 | Hydrodynamic thrust bearing | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1 | Expired |
| US8220998B2 | Fluid dynamic bearing | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1 | Active |
| US6945696B2 | Hydrodynamic thrust bearing | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 1 | Expired |
| US8322927B2 | Fluid dynamic bearing | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 0 | Active |
| USRE45387E1 | Spindle motor having a fluid dynamic bearing system and a stationary shaft | General | 0 | Active |
| US7008110B2 | Hydrodynamic pivot bearing | Electricity | 0 | Expired |
| USRE46300E1 | Spindle motor having a fluid dynamic bearing system and a stationary shaft | General | 0 | Active |
| US8699181B2 | Spindle motor for driving a hard disk drive | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US7125169B2 | Hydrodynamic pivot bearing | Electricity | 0 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.