Inventor · Santa Cruz, CA, US

Robert M. Pelstring

26Patents
11h-index
36Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 30, 1993 → Oct 27, 2006

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5729404A Disc drive spindle motor with rotor isolation and controlled resistance electrical pathway from disc to ground Electricity 33 Expired
US5548458A Support flange having electrical contacts to provide electrical continuity upon spindle motor mounting to base Electricity 32 Expired
US6528914B2 Snap on flexible printed circuit connector Electricity 30 Expired
US5844748A Disc drive spindle motor with controlled resistance pathway from disc to ground Electricity 23 Expired
US5454724A Floating electrical contact for spindle motor Electricity 23 Expired
US5485331A High resistivity bearing balls for spindle motor isolation Electricity 18 Expired
US5815345A Support flange having electrical contacts to provide electrical continuity upon spindle motor mounting to base Electricity 14 Expired
US6104570A Disc drive spindle motor having tuned stator with adhesive grooves Electricity 12 Expired
US5473484A Apparatus for electrically grounding a rotor hub in a disc drive motor Physics 12 Expired
US5982061A Spindle motor with two-piece shaft and connector Electricity 11 Expired
US6029978A Grounding and conductivity improvement for ferrofluid seals Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 11 Expired
US6149159A High pressure boundary seal Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 11 Expired
US6679501B1 Motor with stationary shaft and high speed capillary seal Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 9 Expired
US7284910B2 Capillary seal with flow restrictors Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 7 Expired
US6121701A Snap on flexible printed circuit connector Electricity 7 Expired
US5664314A Method of making a spindle motor to allow magnetic alignment between the magnet and the stator in the motor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US6976682B1 Apparatus and method for forming a rotatable ferrofluidic seal between a shaft and a hub Physics 6 Expired
US6084323A Spindle motor having a magnet which is field centered relative to the stator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US5801902A Setting bearing preload utilizing thermal exspansion/contraction Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 5 Expired
US6018438A Protective magnet shield for a spindle motor Electricity 5 Expired
US6057616A Stator interconnect ring Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US7726882B2 Dual seal for optimized performance Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 4 Active
US6614138B1 Stator interconnect ring Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US6819023B1 Magnetizing apparatus Electricity 1 Expired
US7625468B2 Electrode for electrochemical machining Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active

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