Inventor · Richland, WA, US

Steven C. Smith

15Patents
7h-index
21Co-inventors
66Inventor score

Filing activity: May 10, 1990 → Jan 15, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8724245B1 Disk drive employing overlapping servo zones to facilitate servo zone crossing Physics 114 Active
US8451697B1 Disk drive centering demodulation windows on spiral tracks during a seek operation Physics 111 Active
US8432629B1 Disk drive centering sync frames on sync marks of a spiral track Physics 110 Active
US7679850B2 Position determination using circular shift codes Physics 17 Active
US7881004B2 Adaptive track shape control during self servo-write Physics 17 Active
US7695287B2 Ball grid array (BGA) connection system and related method and ball socket Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US8460149B1 Differential bearing system for a power transmitting component and method for assembling a power transmitting component Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Active
US5063370A Hypodermic syringe needle detection alarm Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
USD845735S1 Indicator panel for a power tool General 5 Active
US8636966B2 Compositions and methods for treating nuclear fuel Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US8506911B2 Compositions and methods for treating nuclear fuel Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
USD929312S1 Tire General 1 Active
US7667920B2 Correcting a track pitch error with a subsequent servo-write pass Physics 1 Active
US11534903B2 Power tool two-stage trigger Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active
US9208101B2 Virtual NAND capacity extension in a hybrid drive Physics 0 Active

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