Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Ronald Allen

13Patents
8h-index
13Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 18, 1977 → Nov 18, 1998

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6145849A Disk processing chuck Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 78 Expired
US4735540A Robotic disk handler system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Expired
US4595481A Disk carrier Physics 28 Expired
US5915915A End effector and method for loading and unloading disks at a processing station Electricity 24 Expired
US4735701A Disk carrier Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US4634512A Disk and plug Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US5657617A Shipping cassette lid and unlid automation Performing Operations; Transporting 15 Expired
US5244555A Floating pocket memory disk carrier, memory disk and method Physics 12 Expired
US5089110A Data storage disk and plug Physics 8 Expired
US5542685A Memory disk clamp and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US5984619A End effector for unloading disks at a grinding station Electricity 5 Expired
US4164955A Liquid level control valve Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US5296118A Robotic apparatus for and method of manufacturing data storage disks Physics 3 Expired

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