Thomas L. Andrews
20Patents
12h-index
24Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 10, 1976 → Oct 21, 2013
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4933785A | Disk drive apparatus using dynamic loading/unloading | Physics | 217 | Expired |
| US5291110A | Low acoustic noise seeking method and apparatus | Physics | 79 | Expired |
| US4431065A | Underreamer | Fixed Constructions | 50 | Expired |
| US5465034A | Low acoustic noise seeking method and apparatus | Physics | 50 | Expired |
| US5231549A | Disk drive apparatus with cam and follower for unloading heads | Physics | 49 | Expired |
| US5872669A | Disk drive apparatus with power conservation capability | Physics | 46 | Expired |
| US4628379A | Disk runout compensator | Physics | 44 | Expired |
| US5539714A | Adaptive runout compensation for miniature disk drives | Physics | 38 | Expired |
| US5969899A | Enhanced method and system of unloading magnetic heads | Physics | 28 | Expired |
| US4590526A | Method and apparatus for controlling head movement relative to a disk in an embedded servo system | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US5930067A | Multi-harmonic compensator for track following in disk drives | Physics | 16 | Expired |
| US5867340A | Microminiature hard disk drive with adaptive runout compensation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Expired |
| US4092682A | Cross coupled demodulator for generating a servo head position error signal | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US7113660B2 | Fiber optic damage detection system for composite pressure vessels | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US8714491B2 | Thermal protection system with staggered joints | Performing Operations; Transporting | 5 | Active |
| US4092683A | Dual-mode demodulator for movement of a servo head | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US7212696B2 | Fiber optic damage detection system for composite pressure vessels | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US8584988B1 | Mechanically fastened large pressurized spacecraft structure | Performing Operations; Transporting | 1 | Active |
| US8123174B2 | Methods and apparatus for an integrated instrumentation module for a thermal protection system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 1 | Active |
| US9045242B2 | Mechanically fastened large pressurized vehicle structure | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.