Yiru Xie
16Patents
6h-index
6Co-inventors
51Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 22, 2002 → Apr 14, 2009
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.