Inventor

Steven B. Volk

Inventor

Boulder, CO, US

Overview

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Patents

1992–2012

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 32 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G11Bprimary

G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer61%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests12%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes8%

G06FElectric digital data processing4%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television4%

Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification4%

H02HEmergency protective circuit arrangements2%

H04BTransmission2%

H04MTelephonic communication2%

PatentTitleYear

8,315,144'Small form factor optical disc drive for use in mobile electronic device'2012 8,230,452'Miniaturized disc drive containing DVD-compatible optical controller'2012 8,032,004'Multimedia presentation format'2011 7,983,139'Small form factor optical data storage disc and cartridge'2011 7,913,270'First surface removable optical disc within a cartridge'2011 7,774,923'Method of fabricating cartridge for miniature optical data storage disc'2010 7,603,681'Cartridge for miniature optical data storage disc'2009 7,506,347'Method of operating a disc drive and a host device'2009 7,275,252'Cell phone or other portable handset containing microminiature optical disc drive'2007 7,191,153'Content distribution method and apparatus'2007 7,089,571'Optical disc drive compatible with memory card slot'2006 7,058,959'Optical disc drive compatible with memory card slot'2006 7,013,476'Cartridge for miniature optical data storage disc'2006 6,980,652'Combination mastered and writeable medium and use in electronic internet appliance'2005 6,631,359'Writeable medium access control using a medium writeable area'2003 6,580,683'Optical recording medium having a master data area and a writeable data area'2003 5,867,340'Microminiature hard disk drive with adaptive runout compensation'1999 5,835,303'Microminiature hard disk drive'1998 5,760,986'Microminiature hard disk drive'1998 5,694,267'Removable disk drive and protective device'1997 5,689,386'Miniature hard disk drive with EMI protection and single permanent magnet rotary actuator having an improved housing seal'1997 5,592,349'Microminiature disk drive with clamp having fingers for radially positioning a pair of disks and a spindle motor providing a reduced disk drive height'1997 5,486,964'Miniature disk drive with dynamic head loading with skewed lifting tab'1996 5,469,314'Miniature disk drive with dynamic head loading'1995 5,457,365'Disk drive power management system'1995 5,448,433'Disk drive information storage device with baseplate and cover having overlapping edge portions to provide protection from electromagnetic interference'1995 5,442,266'Miniature disk drive with spin motor control system'1995 5,426,562'Disk drive enclosed by shock absorbent jacket and mounted in electronic instrument'1995 5,408,374'Miniature hard disk drive with spin motor for portable computer'1995 5,377,065'Miniature hard disk drive for portable computer having a rotary inertial latch for disk drive actuator'1994 5,161,770'Shock absorbent mounting arrangement for disk drive or other component'1992 5,149,048'Shock absorbent mounting arrangement for disk drive or other component'1992

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1992–1998Patents assigned to INTEGRAL PERIPHERALS INC (12)· patent assignee history

1992–1995Patents assigned to INTEGRAL PERIPHERALS (3)· patent assignee history

1992–2012Based in Boulder, CO, US· patent location history

2003–2011Patents assigned to DPHI ACQUISITIONS INC (4)· patent assignee history

2006–2011Patents assigned to VMEDIA RES INC (9)· patent assignee history

2012Patents assigned to HURST JR JERRY E (2)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
INTEGRAL PERIPHERALS INC	12	1992–1998
VMEDIA RES INC	9	2006–2011
DPHI ACQUISITIONS INC	4	2003–2011
INTEGRAL PERIPHERALS	3	1992–1995
HURST JR JERRY E	2	2012

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Boulder, CO, US	32	1992–2012