Inventor · Rochester, MN, US

Peter E. Brooks

22Patents
13h-index
20Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 6, 1989 → Oct 18, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6388873B1 Disk drive including resilient securing system providing relative movement between side rails and head disk assembly to accommodate side rails engaging guide channels in a chassis Physics 80 Expired
US6101876A Method of centering a disk pack of a disk drive Physics 60 Expired
US6151189A Disk drive spindle motor with embedded ionizing source for static charge dissipation Physics 55 Expired
US5276577A Head-disk enclosure seal for magnetic disk storage device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US5146450A Method and apparatus for bearing to comb attachment Physics 26 Expired
US5877571A Head disk assembly having a washer between a disk clamp and disk and method of making Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US5715117A Head stack assembly incorporating plastic binding structure and method of manufacture Physics 20 Expired
US5025337A Recirculating air filter system for rotating disk drives Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US5006942A Rigid magnetic data storage disk assembly with grooved spacer Physics 18 Expired
US5625511A Stepped spindle motor shaft to reduce disk drive acoustic noise Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 17 Expired
US5548457A Disk drive disk stack clamp Physics 15 Expired
US6915928B2 Fluid dispenser Physics 14 Expired
US5824898A Rotating mass balancing system Physics 13 Expired
US7416126B2 Taut, torsional flexure and a compact drive for, and method of, scanning light using the flexure Physics 12 Active
US5731934A Stacked arms assembled in a head disk assembly Physics 12 Expired
US6847181B2 Magnetically attached robotic breakaway Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US5739980A Seal for disk drives Physics 10 Expired
US6464168B1 Landing gear Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Expired
US5459628A Disk drive with profiled attachment of a spindle and hub Physics 5 Expired
US9458825B2 Actuation mechanisms for load management devices on aerodynamic blades Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US9388791B2 Mounting arrangement for load compensating device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US10564367B1 MT connector assembly and method therefor Physics 0 Active

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