Wayne Isami Imaino
81Patents
21h-index
76Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 4, 1984 → Jan 24, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4577503A | Method and device for detecting a specific acoustic spectral feature | Physics | 193 | Expired |
| US9495985B2 | Magnetic tape media having servo patterns | Physics | 111 | Active |
| US5936805A | Disk drive with secondary VCM actuator | Physics | 56 | Expired |
| US5373499A | Multilayer optical disk and system having multiple optical paths include identical total disk substrate thickness | Physics | 54 | Expired |
| US6879457B2 | Timing based servo with fixed distances between transitions | Physics | 51 | Expired |
| US8270114B2 | Magnetically biased tilting roller bearing tape guidance | Physics | 47 | Active |
| US5499231A | Optical disk drive with multiple data layer disk and system for focusing the optical beam | Physics | 46 | Expired |
| US7480117B2 | High areal density tape head | Physics | 43 | Active |
| US6545865B2 | Shock mount for a device packaged in a portable cartridge | Physics | 40 | Expired |
| US5555537A | Optical data storage system with multiple write-once phase-change recording layers | Physics | 39 | Expired |
| US7253986B2 | System and method for deconvolution of multiple data tracks | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US7428120B2 | System and method for deconvolution of multiple data tracks | Physics | 35 | Active |
| US6624884B1 | Surface inspection tool | Physics | 34 | Expired |
| US6064540A | Active control for stabilizing a servo-controlled actuator system | Physics | 34 | Expired |
| US6583964B1 | Disk drive with mode canceling actuator | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US6088194A | Dual mode actuator | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US6100623A | Piezoelectric actuator for control and displacement sensing | Physics | 27 | Expired |
| US7952832B2 | High areal density tape format and head | Physics | 26 | Active |
| US6704435B1 | Surface inspection tool | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US5449590A | Multiple data surface optical data storage system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 25 | Expired |
| US5986761A | Laser-based inspection tool for disk defects and curvature | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US5933230A | Surface inspection tool | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US8014100B2 | Planar servo write head | Physics | 17 | Active |
| US6104581A | Dual coil rotary actuator | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US5929326A | Glide sensor integrated suspension | Physics | 15 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.