Inventor · Los Gatos, CA, US

Timothy C. Reiley

44Patents
21h-index
82Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 7, 1982 → Mar 28, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5134460A Aluminum bump, reworkable bump, and titanium nitride structure for tab bonding Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 192 Expired
US4862322A Double electronic device structure having beam leads solderlessly bonded between contact locations on each device and projecting outwardly from therebetween Electricity 71 Expired
US5920441A Method and apparatus for controlling a multiple-stage actuator for a disk drive Physics 66 Expired
US6262868A Method and structures used for connecting recording head signal wires in a microactuator Physics 64 Expired
US5028983A Multilevel integrated circuit packaging structures Electricity 59 Expired
US6239685A Bistable micromechanical switches Electricity 56 Expired
US6344949B1 Flying height adjustment for air bearing sliders Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 55 Expired
US4814855A Balltape structure for tape automated bonding, multilayer packaging, universal chip interconnection and energy beam processes for manufacturing balltape Electricity 51 Expired
US5777815A Disk drive with shock detection based on thermoresistive signal from magnetoresistive head Physics 48 Expired
US6005742A Method and apparatus for controlling a multiple-stage actuator for a disk drive Physics 44 Expired
US5189363A Integrated circuit testing system having a cantilevered contact lead probe pattern mounted on a flexible tape for interconnecting an integrated circuit to a tester Physics 43 Expired
US4430690A Low inductance MLC capacitor with metal impregnation and solder bar contact Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US5805375A Wobble motor microactuator for fine positioning and disk drive incorporating the microactuator Electricity 35 Expired
US6046882A Solder balltape and method for making electrical connection between a head transducer and an electrical lead Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US4956605A Tab mounted chip burn-in apparatus Electricity 26 Expired
US7986592B2 Components and assembly procedure for thermal assisted recording Physics 26 Active
US5734519A Contact magnetic recording disk file with improved head assembly Physics 25 Expired
US5135155A Thermocompression bonding in integrated circuit packaging Electricity 25 Expired
US5142337A Printing grey scale images Physics 24 Expired
US6556380B2 Silicon sliders with trapezoidal shape and drie process for fabrication Physics 22 Expired
US8406090B2 Laser power sensor for thermally assisted magnetic recording Physics 22 Active
US5374463A Magnetic recording disk having a contiguous fullerene film and a protective overcoat Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US5006917A Thermocompression bonding in integrated circuit packaging Electricity 21 Expired
US6699102B2 Lapping monitor for monitoring the lapping of transducers Physics 20 Expired
US6802761B1 Pattern-electroplated lapping plates for reduced loads during single slider lapping and process for their fabrication Performing Operations; Transporting 18 Expired

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