Inventor

Aaron Steve Macpherson

Inventor

Fort Collins, CO, US

Overview

1993–2012

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 20 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 transducer77%

H05KPrinted circuits8%

Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification8%

F16CShafts4%

F16DCouplings for transmitting rotation4%

PatentTitleYear

8,169,748'Damping member for a moveable flex circuit'2012 7,082,012'Disc drive breather filter mounted to a flex circuit bracket'2006 6,950,283'Stacked actuator arm assembly clamp'2005 6,822,824'Flex circuit bracket which establishes a diffusion path for a data storage device housing'2004 6,781,796'Counterbalance fastener for a disc drive stacked actuator'2004 6,714,379'Top cover shroud for a disc drive'2004 6,606,224'Cartridge bearing with frictional sleeve'2003 6,600,633'Thermally conductive overmold for a disc drive actuator assembly'2003 6,577,473'Disc drive ramp that accomodates shipping comb'2003 6,525,910'Threadably mountable drive actuator bearing assembly'2003 6,507,462'Disc drive voice coil motor with shroud feature'2003 6,501,615'Dampening member for isolating actuator vibration'2002 6,487,052'Non-contact magnetic latch for disc drive actuator'2002 6,473,959'Method for latching a disc driver actuator'2002 6,449,129'Disc drive ramp with sharp detent'2002 6,252,745'Latch and linear crash stop for a disc drive actuator arm'2001 5,812,345'Monostable active latch for a disk drive actuator'1998 5,742,453'Passive non-contact magnetic latch for an actuator of a disk drive'1998 5,313,124'Return plate for a voice coil motor in a disk drive'1994 5,270,999'Apparatus and method for reducing disk distortion'1993

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1993Patents assigned to CONNER PERIPHERALS INC (1)· patent assignee history

1993–2012Based in Fort Collins, CO, US· patent location history

1994–1998Patents assigned to MAXTOR CORP (3)· patent assignee history

2001–2012Patents assigned to SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC (16)· patent assignee history

2012Patents assigned to MACPHERSON AARON STEVE (1)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC	16	2001–2012
MAXTOR CORP	3	1994–1998
CONNER PERIPHERALS INC	1	1993
MACPHERSON AARON STEVEself	1	2012

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Fort Collins, CO, US	20	1993–2012