Peter Hahn
87Patents
17h-index
52Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 4, 1985 → May 31, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5041924A | Removable and transportable hard disk subsystem | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 165 | Expired |
| US5253129A | Removable and transportable hard disk subsystem | Physics | 85 | Expired |
| US8228642B1 | Dual stage actuator suspension having a single microactuator and employing pseudo symmetry to achieve suspension balance | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 50 | Active |
| US8149545B1 | Low profile load beam with etched cavity for PZT microactuator | Physics | 47 | Active |
| US8570688B1 | Electrical connections to a microactuator in a hard disk drive suspension | Electricity | 46 | Active |
| US5065262A | Removable and transportable hard disk subsystem | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 46 | Expired |
| US9117468B1 | Hard drive suspension microactuator with restraining layer for control of bending | Physics | 42 | Active |
| US8879210B1 | DSA suspension with microactuators extending to gimbal through flexible connectors | Physics | 32 | Active |
| US8699186B1 | DSA suspension with mid-load beam mounted dual actuators | Physics | 26 | Active |
| US8085506B1 | Disk drive gimbal having a stable pitch static attitude and related method of manufacture | Physics | 24 | Active |
| US9070394B1 | Suspension microactuator with wrap-around electrode on inactive constraining layer | Physics | 22 | Active |
| US9330694B1 | HDD microactuator having reverse poling and active restraining layer | Physics | 22 | Active |
| US9741376B1 | Multi-layer PZT microactuator having a poled but inactive PZT constraining layer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 21 | Active |
| US9330696B1 | DSA suspension having PZT with overhanging constraint layer and electrical connection thereto | Physics | 20 | Active |
| US9330698B1 | DSA suspension having multi-layer PZT microactuator with active PZT constraining layers | Physics | 20 | Active |
| US8773820B1 | PZT microactuator for disk drive suspension having electrical via and wrap-around electrode | Physics | 19 | Active |
| US9311938B1 | Dual stage actuated suspension having adhesive overflow control channels | Physics | 18 | Active |
| US9330699B1 | Piezoelectric actuator with wrap-around electrode on inactive constraining layer | Physics | 17 | Active |
| US9390739B1 | Piezoelectric microactuator with restraining layer for control of bending | Physics | 15 | Active |
| US4703176A | Compact polyphase optical position encoder | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US9406314B1 | Assembly of DSA suspensions using microactuators with partially cured adhesive, and DSA suspensions having PZTs with wrap-around electrodes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Active |
| US8446695B1 | Suspension ring gimbal having forwardly extending torsion arms | Physics | 13 | Active |
| US10074390B1 | Multi-layer PZT microactuator with active PZT constraining layer for a DSA suspension | Physics | 12 | Active |
| US10236022B2 | Multi-layer PZT microactuator having a poled but inactive PZT constraining layer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Active |
| US10128431B1 | Method of manufacturing a multi-layer PZT microactuator using wafer-level processing | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.