Yoshio Uematsu
27Patents
6h-index
36Co-inventors
69Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 27, 1996 → Mar 23, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5821494A | Method of electrical connection between head transducer and suspension by solder wire bumping at slider level and laser reflow | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 42 | Expired |
| US5889636A | Electrical connection for slider/suspension assembly | Physics | 28 | Expired |
| US8593765B2 | Head gimbal assembly and disk drive with a piezoelectric element | Physics | 15 | Active |
| US7168154B2 | Method of constructing an integrated lead suspension | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Expired |
| US6879465B2 | Integrated lead suspension and method of construction | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US6871392B2 | Method of constructing an integrated lead suspension | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US7859793B2 | Magnetic head assembly that facilitates recovery of a magnetic head slider | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US7400470B2 | Head gimbal assembly and magnetic disk drive with specific solder ball or slider pad and electrode stud dimensioning to produce reliable solder ball connection using laser energy | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Active |
| US7486480B2 | Head gimbal assembly method with solder fillet formed by laser irradiating a shaped solder mass | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Active |
| US9218834B2 | Dual stage microactuator flexure feature for minimizing electrical shorts | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Active |
| US6823581B2 | Apparatus for assembling a head gimbal assembly | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Expired |
| US7583475B2 | Rotating disk storage device and integrated wire head suspension assembly | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Active |
| US7739785B2 | Method of manufacturing a head gimbal assembly | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Active |
| US7417827B2 | Head/slider supporting structure having lead wire inclined relative to slider pad | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Expired |
| US7161766B2 | Base plate structure, transfer system, and method and apparatus for assembling a head gimbal assembly | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Expired |
| US8031437B2 | Disk drive device | Performing Operations; Transporting | 2 | Active |
| US7210221B2 | Transfer system for assembling a head gimbal assembly | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Expired |
| US6780257B2 | Iron component and a manufacturing method therefor | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US7137188B2 | Method of constructing an integrated lead suspension | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Expired |
| US7550695B2 | Method for manufacturing a magnetic disk device with improved head gimbal assembly | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US7137189B2 | Method of constructing an integrated lead suspension | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Expired |
| US11705153B1 | Hard disk drive suspension pad pre-solder formation and guiding | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US6985335B2 | Integrated lead suspension and method of construction | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Expired |
| US7380329B2 | Method of assembling a head gimbal assembly | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Expired |
| US6989969B2 | Integrated lead suspension and method of construction | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.