Inventor · Dassel, MN, US

Ryan N. Ruzicka

26Patents
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21Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: May 3, 2007 → Jan 9, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9318136B1 Multilayer disk drive motors having out-of-plane bending Physics 33 Active
US8792214B1 Electrical contacts to motors in dual stage actuated suspensions Physics 30 Active
US7872834B1 Head suspension with asymmetric linkage and asymmetric microactuator in plane of mounting region to provide a pseudosymmetric configuration Physics 26 Active
US8885297B1 Electrical contacts to motors in dual stage actuated suspensions Physics 23 Active
US11105319B2 Shape memory alloy actuators and methods thereof Physics 18 Active
US11306706B2 Shape memory alloy actuators and methods thereof Physics 12 Active
US11333134B2 Shape memory alloy actuators and methods thereof Physics 12 Active
US11448853B2 Shape memory alloy actuators and methods thereof Electricity 11 Active
US11686294B2 Shape memory alloy actuators and methods thereof Physics 9 Active
US11668288B2 Shape memory alloy actuators and methods thereof Physics 9 Active
US10670878B2 Camera lens suspensions Physics 8 Active
US8717713B1 Differentially driven piezoelectric transducers for dual stage actuated disk drive head suspension Physics 7 Active
US11815794B2 Shape memory alloy actuators and methods thereof Physics 6 Active
US11892759B2 Shape memory alloy actuators and methods thereof Physics 5 Active
US12055844B2 Shape memory alloy actuators and methods thereof Physics 3 Active
US12049877B2 Shape memory alloy actuator Physics 3 Active
US11982263B1 Shape metal alloy (SMA) bimorph actuators with reduced wire exit angle Physics 3 Active
US10373634B2 Co-located gimbal-based dual stage actuation disk drive head suspension with non-parallel motors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US9564154B2 Multilayer disk drive motors having out-of-plane bending Physics 3 Active
US11521785B2 High density coil design and process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US9818437B2 Multilayer disk drive motors having out-of-plane bending Physics 1 Active
US10957349B2 Co-located gimbal-based dual stage actuation disk drive head suspension manufacturing method with non-parallel motors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US12248233B2 Shape memory alloy actuators and methods thereof Physics 0 Active
US10339966B2 Multilayer disk drive motors having out-of-plane bending Physics 0 Active
US12308157B2 High density coil design and process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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