Inventor · Richfield, MN, US

Peter Crane

49Patents
20h-index
34Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: May 25, 1990 → May 9, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6053737A Intelligent flight tutoring system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 80 Expired
US5062017A Hour-glass disk head slider Physics 76 Expired
US6078473A Gimbal flexure for use with microactuator Physics 76 Expired
US6198606A Disc drive actuation system having an injection molded magnetic micro-actuator with metal beam inserts and its method of fabrication Physics 68 Expired
US6396667B1 Electromagnetic disc drive microactuator and suspension Physics 66 Expired
US5267109A Air bearing slider with relieved trailing edge Physics 58 Expired
US6493192B2 Disc drive with improved head pitch adjustment Physics 52 Expired
US5515219A Simplified self-loading head slider Physics 49 Expired
US6735055B1 Microactuator structure with vibration attenuation properties Physics 45 Expired
US6700727B1 Slider and method for actively controlling crown curvature Physics 35 Expired
US5210666A Self-loading air bearing slider with a relieved leading edge Physics 35 Expired
US6046884A Low mass disc drive suspension Physics 29 Expired
USD610818S1 Ottoman with folding top cushion General 26 Expired
US6859345B2 Bending microactuator having a two-piece suspension design Physics 26 Expired
US6122149A Magnetic microactuator and inductive sensor having shaped pole configuration Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US6414823B1 Coil-structures for magnetic microactuator Physics 24 Expired
US6157520A Disc drive head suspension with gimbal contact feature for ramp load/unload Physics 23 Expired
US5624581A Process for forming a simplified self-loading head slider Physics 23 Expired
US5225950A Gimbal having stiffness properties Physics 20 Expired
US6549375B1 Suspension gimbal with reduced pitch stiffness, compliant preloading bridge and unloading limiters Physics 20 Expired
US5721650A Self-loading disc head slider having blunt cross rail Physics 19 Expired
US6731465B2 Monocoque head suspension Physics 18 Expired
US5550692A Proximity recording air bearing slider design with waist offset Physics 18 Expired
US6680825B1 In-plane suspension-level bending microactuator for precise head positioning Physics 16 Expired
US6798609B1 Magnetic microactuator with capacitive position sensor Physics 16 Expired

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