Inventor · Milpitas, CA, US

Tho Pham

17Patents
8h-index
22Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 7, 1996 → Aug 9, 2006

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.