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Norman Kermit Frater
Also filed as: FRATER NORMAN K · FRATER NORMAN KERMIT
17 granted patents·492 citations·filing 1981–1998
95Inventor score
Files withIBM17
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17 records- 0189US5717545ASwaging appartus with a tubular boss having axially extending surface irregularities and swaging technique for thin actuator arm assembliesIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Feb 10, 1998·60 cites·21 claims
- 0287US5815349ASuspension with wire protection which does not impact slider movementsIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 29, 1998·53 cites·18 claims
- 0387US5759418AAdhesively attached hard disk head suspension and etching processIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 2, 1998·47 cites·34 claims
- 0487US5353181AEtched suspension systemIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Oct 4, 1994·48 cites·49 claims
- 0586US5838517AShock protected high stack density suspension systemIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Nov 17, 1998·52 cites·52 claims
- 0682US5680275AAdjustable solder bump spacer for slider-suspension attachmentIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Oct 21, 1997·37 cites·20 claims
- 0779US5570261ATransducer suspension systemIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 29, 1996·37 cites·56 claims
- 0878US6069773AShock protected high stack density suspension systemIBM·Filed 1998·Granted May 30, 2000·30 cites·5 claims
- 0970US4479090ACircuitry for measuring magnetic head flying characteristicsIBM·Filed 1982·Granted Oct 23, 1984·16 cites·5 claims
- 1069US4443824AMagnetic head arm assemblyIBM·Filed 1981·Granted Apr 17, 1984·17 cites·7 claims
- 1167US5953180AMulti-mode suspension populated actuator for a disk driveIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 14, 1999·21 cites·3 claims
- 1265US5870254ATransducer suspension systemIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 9, 1999·22 cites·10 claims
- 1364US5930080ATransducer suspension systemIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 27, 1999·17 cites·6 claims
- 1460US5808836ALoad beam with grooved wire-gluing regionIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 15, 1998·14 cites·21 claims
- 1550US5742996AMethod of manufacturing a transducer suspension systemIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 28, 1998·12 cites·9 claims
- 1643US5838518ADisk drive suspension for increasing the arm to disk clearanceIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 17, 1998·6 cites·22 claims
- 1735US6112400AApparatus and method for adhesively connecting wires to a suspension arm in a disk drive assemblyIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 5, 2000·3 cites·3 claims
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