G11B 33/122
Arrangements for providing electrical connections
Official title: {Arrangements for providing electrical connections, e.g. connectors, cables, switches}
G11B33/122 (Arrangements for providing electrical connections) appears on 670 US grants and 493 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 670
- Published applications
- 493
- Assignees
- 259
- Inventors
- 1,445
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 2 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Disk device18 Aug 2026US 12,711,996 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Disk device with wiring board on outer surface of housing and connected to motor and sealing configuration13 Jan 2026US 12,525,259 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Limited blast radius storage server system25 Nov 2025US 12,482,503 B2Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Disk apparatus having a shock absorber between a housing of the disk apparatus and a protective cover for the disk apparatus28 Oct 2025US 12,456,497 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Disk device having an electronic component on a flexible printed circuit board8 Jul 2025US 12,354,625 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Hard disk adapter apparatus, hard disk storage system, server, and computer device2 Jul 2026US 2026/0188351 A1Suzhou Metabrain Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
- Optical disk drive and electronic equipment unit2 Jul 2026US 2026/0188352 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Disk device11 Jun 2026US 2026/0162688 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Connection structure and optical disk drive11 Jun 2026US 2026/0162689 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Disk device with wiring board on outer surface of housing and connected to motor and sealing configuration23 Apr 2026US 2026/0112392 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robust serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) PCB connector202US 6,832,929 B2Western Digital Technologies, Inc. · 2004
- Disk drive having a connection-blocking device for use with a serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) power receptacle147US 6,791,779 B1Western Digital Technologies, Inc. · 2004
- Disk drive bracket146US 6,067,225 ASun Microsystems, Inc. · 2000
- External disk drive compatible with a serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) standard including a SATA compatible shielded cable capable of receiving power signals from a host144US 6,781,826 B1Western Digital Technologies, Inc. · 2004
- Storage peripheral having a robust serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) PCB connector142US 6,908,330 B2Western Digital Technologies, Inc. · 2005