Timothy C. Reiley
44Patents
21h-index
82Co-inventors
88Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 7, 1982 → Mar 28, 2012
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.