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Inventor

Thomas A. Hickox

Inventor
Scotts Valley, CA, US

Overview

10→
Patents
1981–1999
Patent span
Physics
Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 10 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 transducer91%
G03BApparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them9%
PatentTitleYear
5,875,075'Bidirectional cam lock inertial latch for a disc drive actuator'19995,623,384'Landing zone inertial latch'19975,615,067'Disc clamp and spacer'19975,612,842'Landing zone inertial latch'19975,581,424'Magnetic crash stop and latch in a disc drive'19965,555,146'Anti-rotation air vane inertia latch'19965,272,580'Three-point top cover with limiter for a disc drive'19935,262,913'Easily adjustable crash stop for a disc drive'19935,187,627'Magnetic latch and crash stop'19934,274,608'Tape transport'1981

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1981Patents assigned to MICROCOMPUTER SYSTEMS CORP (1)· patent assignee history
1981Based in San Jose, CA, US· patent location history
1993–1999Patents assigned to SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY (9)· patent assignee history
1993–1996Based in Santa Cruz, CA, US· patent location history
1993Based in Santa Clara, CA, US· patent location history
1996–1999Based in Scotts Valley, CA, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY91993–1999
MICROCOMPUTER SYSTEMS CORP11981
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Scotts Valley, California, US51996–1999
Santa Cruz, California, US21993–1996
Santa Clara, California, US21993
San Jose, California, US11981