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Michael Mcneil
Also filed as: MCNEIL MICHAEL · MCNEIL MICHAEL B
31 granted patents·2 pending applications·986 citations·filing 1981–2025
98Inventor score
Files withMAXTOR CORP17APPLIED MAGNETICS CORP4WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE CO3DMA SYSTEMS CORP2EATON CORP2
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33 records- 0197US7019924B2Patterned medium and recording headMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 28, 2006·100 cites·51 claims
- 0297US4663682AApparatus for loading and unloading a magnetic head assembly on a magnetic recording surfaceDMA SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 1983·Granted May 5, 1987·91 cites·4 claims
- 0396US7471484B2Patterned medium and recording headWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 30, 2008·81 cites·10 claims
- 0495US11359860B2Herb essential oil processing equipmentMCNEIL MICHAEL B·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 14, 2022·10 cites·20 claims
- 0593US6975468B1Method to accurately predict hard error rates resulting from encroachmentMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 13, 2005·44 cites·44 claims
- 0692US6940679B1Method and apparatus for increasing track density by adapting write fault gate to position error signal as it varies from ID to ODMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 6, 2005·34 cites·47 claims
- 0792US5079657ATextured air bearing surfaceAPPLIED MAGNETICS CORP·Filed 1990·Granted Jan 7, 1992·69 cites·17 claims
- 0887US4384311AMethod for cleaning the disc surface and the head support structure in a magnetic disc driveDMA SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 1981·Granted May 17, 1983·30 cites·10 claims
- 0986US5162073ATextured air bearing surfaceAPPLIED MAGNETICS CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Nov 10, 1992·41 cites·4 claims
- 1085US5479696AMethod of making combination read/write magnetic headAPPLIED MAGNETICS CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Jan 2, 1996·33 cites·16 claims
- 1184US5315469AMagnetic recording head which produces variable erase bandsAPPLIED MAGNETICS CORP·Filed 1991·Granted May 24, 1994·33 cites·15 claims
- 1282US5995305ADisk drive using off-track margin to obtain optimal performance parametersMAXTOR CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 30, 1999·37 cites·43 claims
- 1381US5940250ADisk drive head having a read wide/write narrow architectureMAXTOR CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 17, 1999·39 cites·53 claims
- 1479US5850321ASelf-cleaning proximity recording interfaceMAXTOR CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 15, 1998·30 cites·18 claims
- 1576US6225882B1Circuit interrupter with an improved magnetically-induced automatic trip assemblyEATON CORP·Filed 1999·Granted May 1, 2001·30 cites·4 claims
- 1675US5495379AErase bands for vertical recordingMAXTOR CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Feb 27, 1996·24 cites·28 claims
- 1774US6404570B1Disk drive with adaptive channel optimizationMAXTOR CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 11, 2002·25 cites·48 claims
- 1872US7262938B1Flying-type disk drive slider with self-blending contact padMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 28, 2007·6 cites·20 claims
- 1970US2023272304A1Mini oven and personal pyrolysizer using sameMCNEIL MICHAEL·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 2068US5943177AMR head read signal preconditioning circuitry for reducing pulse -to-pulse baseline distortionMAXTOR CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Aug 24, 1999·19 cites·30 claims
- 2167US7038884B1Flying-type disk drive slider with self-blending contact padMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2002·Granted May 2, 2006·6 cites·56 claims
- 2265US6094806AMethod for fabricating a dual element headMAXTOR CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 1, 2000·15 cites·50 claims
- 2363US2025288754A1Mini oven and personal pyrolysizer using sameMCNEIL MICHAEL·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 2460US6366417B1Mr head read signal preconditioning circuitryMAXTOR CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Apr 2, 2002·13 cites·22 claims
- 2556US5171229ANeedle tip coverMCNEIL MICHAEL B·Filed 1991·Granted Dec 15, 1992·95 cites·18 claims
- 2655US6000433APrecision filtered chokeWESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE CO·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 14, 1999·21 cites·18 claims
- 2755US5555482AEtched erase band feature for thin film recording headsMAXTOR CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Sep 10, 1996·10 cites·18 claims
- 2850US6262645B1Circuit interrupter with a trip mechanism having a biased latchEATON CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 17, 2001·13 cites·10 claims
- 2950US5671098AAdaptive preamplifier for resonance tuning useful in a disk driveMAXTOR CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 23, 1997·10 cites·5 claims
- 3046US6131468APressure transducer adapterWESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE CO·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 17, 2000·11 cites·20 claims
- 3146US5327638AMethod of making a vertical recording head for contact and near contact magnetic recordingMAXTOR CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Jul 12, 1994·7 cites·16 claims
- 3239US7170719B1Magnetic storage device with flux-guided magnetoresistive head using a perpendicular recording mediaMAXTOR CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 30, 2007·5 cites·26 claims
- 3335US6132009ARemote brake application valveWESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE CO·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 17, 2000·4 cites·19 claims
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