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A. David Erpelding
Also filed as: ERPELDING A D · ERPELDING A DAVID
49 granted patents·2 pending applications·1,712 citations·filing 1986–2019
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51 records- 0198US5465186AShorted magnetoresistive head leads for electrical overstress and electrostatic discharge protection during manufacture of a magnetic storage systemIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Nov 7, 1995·210 cites·37 claims
- 0297US4996623ALaminated suspension for a negative pressure slider in a data recording disk fileIBM·Filed 1989·Granted Feb 26, 1991·147 cites·13 claims
- 0396US6700748B1Methods for creating ground paths for ILSIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 2, 2004·98 cites·6 claims
- 0496US4761699ASlider-suspension assembly and method for attaching a slider to a suspension in a data recording disk fileIBM·Filed 1986·Granted Aug 2, 1988·221 cites·10 claims
- 0594US5631786ATermination pad manipulator for a laminated suspension in a data storage systemIBM·Filed 1995·Granted May 20, 1997·83 cites·16 claims
- 0693US6539609B2Method of forming a head gimbal assemblyIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 1, 2003·59 cites·5 claims
- 0793US5699212AMethod of electrostatic discharge protection of magnetic heads in a magnetic storage systemIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 16, 1997·98 cites·27 claims
- 0892US9672863B1Disc gripper for storage discsIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Jun 6, 2017·11 cites·18 claims
- 0991US9741390B1Optical disc driveIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 22, 2017·11 cites·15 claims
- 1091US9633686B1Disc storage cassettesIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 25, 2017·8 cites·20 claims
- 1191US7525767B2System for low profile termination with robust alignment for wireless suspension in hard disk driveHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 28, 2009·11 cites·17 claims
- 1291US5606477AViscoelastically damped slider suspension systemIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 25, 1997·77 cites·15 claims
- 1390US9741389B1High performance robotic optical storage systemIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 22, 2017·10 cites·20 claims
- 1490US7160477B2Method for making a contact magnetic transfer templateHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 9, 2007·11 cites·40 claims
- 1589US7038885B2Balanced and damped suspension for use in a disk driveHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted May 2, 2006·7 cites·17 claims
- 1687US5781379ASingle beam flexure for a head gimbal assemblyIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 14, 1998·49 cites·25 claims
- 1787US5668684AElectrical interconnect for a head/arm assembly of computer disk drivesIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 16, 1997·54 cites·11 claims
- 1886US7110222B2System and apparatus for assembling hard disk drive integrated lead suspensions to arm electronics cables via additional degrees of freedom at the tail termination and impedance grooming thereofHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 19, 2006·20 cites·25 claims
- 1986US5594607AViscoelastically damped slider suspension systemIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Jan 14, 1997·57 cites·11 claims
- 2084US7158348B2Integrated lead suspension for use in a disk drive using a tri-metal laminate and method for fabricationHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 2, 2007·30 cites·20 claims
- 2184US5771135AVibration damping system for head suspension assembliesIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 23, 1998·47 cites·34 claims
- 2283US7046483B2Copper gimbal and gimbal damping for integrated lead suspensionHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2002·Granted May 16, 2006·16 cites·6 claims
- 2382US9984722B2Disc storage cassettesIBM·Filed 2017·Granted May 29, 2018·3 cites·20 claims
- 2482US6212046B1Arm assembly for a disk drive device and a method for fabricating the sameIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Apr 3, 2001·37 cites·29 claims
- 2581US10186295B2Disc gripper for storage discIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 22, 2019·4 cites·20 claims
- 2681US5757585AMethod for bonding leads to a slider in a disk drive integrated suspension assemblyIBM·Filed 1996·Granted May 26, 1998·36 cites·18 claims
- 2780US5875071APlanar HGA for Pico/Nano sliderIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 23, 1999·34 cites·2 claims
- 2880US5872687ATransducer suspension systemIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 16, 1999·34 cites·10 claims
- 2980US5708541ATermination pad manipulator for a laminated suspension in a data storage systemIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Jan 13, 1998·30 cites·58 claims
- 3078US10438629B2Disc storage cassettes comprising track connectorsIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 8, 2019·2 cites·11 claims
- 3178US6523250B2Method of attaching a slider with head transducer to a suspensionIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 25, 2003·24 cites·4 claims
- 3277US6282064B1Head gimbal assembly with integrated electrical conductorsIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 28, 2001·41 cites·10 claims
- 3376US7320174B2Methods for creating ground paths for ILSHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 22, 2008·17 cites·21 claims
- 3476US7293348B2Method of forming a suspension for use in a disk drive having a media diskHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 13, 2007·6 cites·20 claims
- 3575US5955176AIntegrated suspension using a high strength conductive materialIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 21, 1999·36 cites·19 claims
- 3674US7572499B2Contact magnetic transfer templateHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 11, 2009·2 cites·11 claims
- 3774US7054109B2Balanced and damped suspension for use in a disk driveHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2001·Granted May 30, 2006·12 cites·12 claims
- 3872US6351348B1Minimal stiffness conductors for a head gimbal assemblyIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Feb 26, 2002·24 cites·16 claims
- 3970US10242705B2Disc storage cassettes comprising a movable baleIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 26, 2019·1 cites·20 claims
- 4067US7349184B2System and apparatus for continuous reference plane for wireless suspensionHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 25, 2008·6 cites·21 claims
- 4163US10043547B2Spring clip leader and housing for magnetic tapeIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 7, 2018·1 cites·24 claims
- 4263US9792948B2Mechanized take-up reel and method for loading and unloading a tape storage mediumIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 17, 2017·1 cites·25 claims
- 4361US11017810B2Spring clip leader and housing for magnetic tapeIBM·Filed 2018·Granted May 25, 2021·0 cites·9 claims
- 4459US10580451B2Disc storage cassettes comprising index featuresIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 3, 2020·0 cites·5 claims
- 4554US5661896AMethod of manufacturing a termination pad manipulator for a laminated suspension in a data storage systemIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 2, 1997·15 cites·8 claims
- 4646US10373642B2Mechanized take-up reel and method for loading and unloading a tape storage mediumIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 6, 2019·0 cites·12 claims
- 4746US7150094B2Method of stiffening an actuator comb and coil assemblyHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 19, 2006·1 cites·20 claims
- 4844US2015003951A1High performance tape systemIBM·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 4942US2006087768A1Method and apparatus for electrically coupling a slider to a wireless suspension substrateERPELDING A D·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 5040US10127941B2Optical disk drive guideIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 13, 2018·0 cites·18 claims
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