Tho Pham
17Patents
8h-index
22Co-inventors
68Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 7, 1996 → Aug 9, 2006
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5621588A | Two-plane balance for hard disk drive motor-base assemblies | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 26 | Expired |
| US5715119A | Rotating crash stop assembly for hard disk drives | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US6999262B2 | Servo track writing for ultra-high TPI disk drive in low density medium condition | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US6028745A | Head restraint device for disk drive | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US6704161B1 | Shock protection skin bumper for a hard disk drive | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US6178062A | Balance tube for a spindle motor assembly of a hard disk drive | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US5812346A | Hard disk drive latch which has a metal plate attached to the end face of a damping sleeve | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US7570453B2 | Method and apparatus reducing data damage from mechanical shock in a hard disk drive | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US6771458B2 | Media enclosures providing reduced air gap around disk drive media surfaces of a disk drive | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US6950282B2 | Device for reducing damage due to head slap within a hard disk drive | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US7489480B2 | Laminated actuator arm in a hard disk drive | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US7031105B2 | Media enclosures providing reduced air gap around disk drive media surfaces of a disk drive | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US7724479B2 | Method and apparatus for an auxiliary mass damper in each actuator arm notch of a hard disk drive | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US7773339B2 | Method and apparatus for a disk clamp used in a hard disk drive that reduces mechanical deformation on at least one disk from tightened screws through the disk clamp | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US7369367B2 | Disk drive voice coil motor yoke assembly having proximity latch magnet pair attracting and holding voice coil bias steel therebetween | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US7706107B2 | Method and apparatus for flexible printed circuit bracket including crash stop and/or air block in a hard disk drive | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US7330333B2 | Hard disk drive housing having isolated post to improve mechanical shock resistance | Physics | 0 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.