Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Scott E. Watson

21Patents
16h-index
33Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 24, 1995 → Mar 13, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6344950B1 Head disk assembly including ramp having pivoting locational features Physics 78 Expired
US6151197A Water slide suspension assembly having a stiffened vertically offset lift tab Physics 77 Expired
US7672083B1 Disk drive with translatable ramp Physics 74 Active
US6535358B1 Disk drive comprising a plastic molded crash stop with embedded magnet for latching an actuator arm Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 66 Expired
US6757132B1 Disk drive comprising a snap-on disk clamp Physics 62 Expired
US6574073B1 Disk drive comprising a plastic molded crash stop with embedded magnet for latching an actuator arm Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 59 Expired
US6624980B1 Disk drive comprising a support member for supporting a flex circuit and having a restraining member for vertically restraining an inertial latch Physics 59 Expired
US7715149B1 Disk drive including an actuator latch with a catch portion and a crash stop portion of lesser material stiffness than the catch portion Physics 54 Active
US7684155B1 Disk drive with an actuator latch having a biasing ball at least partially within a seating cavity adjoining a retention bore Physics 53 Active
US8369044B2 Disk drive with balance plug having longitudinal retainers Physics 53 Active
US7957102B1 Disk drive including an actuator latch with a torsionally compliant pusher portion Physics 51 Active
US6549381B1 Disk drive having actuator motion damper via histeresis energy loss of low energy magnet placed within magnetic field of a voice coil motor Physics 50 Expired
US8203806B2 Disk drive having a head loading/unloading ramp that includes a torsionally-compliant member Physics 50 Active
US8665555B1 Disk drive with added external labyrinth path during servo track writing Physics 49 Active
US8416534B1 Disk drive with asymmetric tolerance ring Physics 48 Active
US8755148B1 Disk drive with balance plug having longitudinal retainers Physics 46 Active
US9147436B2 Slim form factor disk drive comprising disk drive enclosure having an insular raised region Physics 10 Active
US5654849A Molded swing-type actuator assembly with press-fit pivot and spring-loaded ground conductor elements Physics 10 Expired
USD684025S1 Asymmetrical trowel General 6 Active
US7044459B2 Simplified flexural pivot Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 3 Expired
US9019657B1 Coined VCM tab to limit cover deflection under pinch load Physics 1 Active

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