Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Wayne Isami Imaino

81Patents
21h-index
76Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 4, 1984 → Jan 24, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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

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