Peter E. Brooks
22Patents
13h-index
20Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 6, 1989 → Oct 18, 2018
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.