Wayne A. Bonin
84Patents
22h-index
61Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 20, 1982 → Oct 27, 2017
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5869751A | Multi-dimensional capacitive transducer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 141 | Expired |
| US6198606A | Disc drive actuation system having an injection molded magnetic micro-actuator with metal beam inserts and its method of fabrication | Physics | 68 | Expired |
| US5553486A | Apparatus for microindentation hardness testing and surface imaging incorporating a multi-plate capacitor system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 65 | Expired |
| US6459260B1 | Head suspension assembly for testing a slider | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 59 | Expired |
| US6661617B1 | Structure and fabrication process for integrated moving-coil magnetic micro-actuator | Physics | 55 | Expired |
| US6570730B1 | Shear-based transducer for HDD read/write element height control | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 55 | Expired |
| US7466520B2 | Co-located microactuator lever assembly | Physics | 52 | Expired |
| US5661235A | Multi-dimensional capacitive transducer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 50 | Expired |
| US8514522B1 | Systems for interconnecting magnetic heads of storage devices in a test assembly | Physics | 45 | Active |
| US7068449B2 | Slider fly control | Physics | 43 | Expired |
| US7068457B2 | System and method for electrostatic fly height control | Physics | 41 | Expired |
| US6831539B1 | Magnetic microactuator for disc with integrated head connections and limiters drives | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 40 | Expired |
| US5576483A | Capacitive transducer with electrostatic actuation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 39 | Expired |
| US6351354B1 | Head to flexure interconnection for disc drive microactuator | Physics | 37 | Expired |
| US4694687A | Vehicle performance analyzer | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US6026677A | Apparatus for microindentation hardness testing and surface imaging incorporating a multi-plate capacitor system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 26 | Expired |
| US6876509B2 | Integrated electrostatic slider fly height control | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US6414823B1 | Coil-structures for magnetic microactuator | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US4541026A | Hybrid read-write head for perpendicular recording media | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US6683757B1 | Slider-level microactuator for precise head positioning | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US6697232B1 | Bonded transducer-level electrostatic microactuator for disc drive system | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US6785086B1 | Transducer-level microactuator with dual-axis control | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US6731465B2 | Monocoque head suspension | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US6775089B1 | Electrostatic slider fly height control | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US6414822B1 | Magnetic microactuator | Physics | 16 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.