Inventor · Dongguan, CN

Yiru Xie

16Patents
6h-index
6Co-inventors
51Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 22, 2002 → Apr 14, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7768746B2 Rotational micro-actuator with a rotatable plate, head gimbal assembly and disk drive device with the same Physics 42 Active
US8169745B2 Head gimbal assembly having balanced weight, and disk drive unit with the same Physics 12 Active
US7701675B2 Micro-actuator mounting structure capable of maintaining a substantially constant gap between a top support of a micro-actuator and a suspension during use Physics 9 Active
US7474512B2 Miro-actuator, head gimbal assembly, and disk drive unit with the same Physics 9 Active
US7843666B2 Suspension, head gimbal assembly and manufacturing method thereof, and disk drive unit with the same Physics 8 Active
US7596859B2 Method for maintaining alignment of a hard disk micro-actuator and magnetic head with respect to a drive arm's suspension during the curing process of a bonding agent used in their coupling Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US6873497B2 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING PIEZOELECTRIC MICRO-ACTUATOR OPERATION BY PREVENTING UNDESIRED MICRO-ACTUATOR MOTION HINDRANCE AND BY PREVENTING MICRO-ACTUATOR MISALIGNMENT AND DAMAGE DURING MANUFACTURE Physics 4 Expired
US7660079B2 Method and system of using a step plate mechanically formed in a disk drive suspension flexure to mount a micro-actuator to the flexure Physics 3 Active
US7142396B2 System and method for damage prevention by improving the shock resistance of a hard disk actuator arm Physics 1 Expired
US8125735B2 Vibration sensor, suspension, head gimbal assembly and manufacturing method thereof, and disk drive unit including the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US7684157B2 Head gimbal assembly including first and second dimples, and disk drive unit including the same Physics 1 Active
US8472142B2 Method of making a bonded structure for an electrical component, and/or head gimbal assembly, head stack assembly, and disk drive unit incorporating the same Electricity 0 Active
US8040640B2 Slider and micro-actuator assembly, head gimbal assembly, and disk drive unit with the same Physics 0 Active
US7821743B2 Micro-actuator for use in small platform disk drive devices, and method of making the same Physics 0 Active
US7643253B2 HGA rotational micro-actuator including an s-shaped frame and method of making thereof Physics 0 Active
US7522383B2 System and method for damage prevention by improving the shock resistance of a hard disk actuator arm Physics 0 Active

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