Inventor · Burnsville, MN, US

Robert E. Chapin

15Patents
10h-index
6Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: May 25, 1990 → Oct 8, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5062017A Hour-glass disk head slider Physics 76 Expired
US5200868A Negative pressure air bearing slider having an air bearing surface trailing a negative pressure cavity Physics 68 Expired
US5343343A Air bearing slider with relieved rail ends Physics 67 Expired
US5128822A Configuration for negative pressure air bearing sliders Physics 65 Expired
US5267109A Air bearing slider with relieved trailing edge Physics 58 Expired
US5210666A Self-loading air bearing slider with a relieved leading edge Physics 35 Expired
US5317465A Negative pressure air bearing slider with a choke for restricting air flow Physics 26 Expired
US5218494A Negative pressure air bearing slider having isolation channels with edge step Physics 23 Expired
US5196973A Negative pressure air bearing slider having isolation channels which terminate prior to trailing edge Physics 13 Expired
US5774304A Disc head slider having center rail with asymmetric edge steps Physics 11 Expired
US5218495A Negative pressure air bearing slider with spoiler channels Physics 8 Expired
USRE35800E Air bearing slider with relieved rail ends General 8 Expired
US5274518A Negative pressure air bearing slider having converging isolation channels Physics 8 Expired
US8628377B2 Flexure assembly Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US9321143B2 Lapping device with lapping control feature and method Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active

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