G11B 5/486
With provision for mounting or arranging electrical conducting means or circuits on
Official title: {with provision for mounting or arranging electrical conducting means or circuits on or along the arm assembly}
G11B5/486 (With provision for mounting or arranging electrical conducting means or circuits on) appears on 921 US grants and 626 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 921
- Published applications
- 626
- Assignees
- 105
- Inventors
- 1,153
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 22 | 0 |
| 1998 | 41 | 0 |
| 1999 | 48 | 0 |
| 2000 | 38 | 0 |
| 2001 | 29 | 16 |
| 2002 | 52 | 37 |
| 2003 | 32 | 49 |
| 2004 | 47 | 39 |
| 2005 | 36 | 53 |
| 2006 | 47 | 37 |
| 2007 | 22 | 30 |
| 2008 | 36 | 29 |
| 2009 | 30 | 31 |
| 2010 | 28 | 38 |
| 2011 | 32 | 31 |
| 2012 | 56 | 37 |
| 2013 | 46 | 33 |
| 2014 | 54 | 20 |
| 2015 | 42 | 21 |
| 2016 | 29 | 23 |
| 2017 | 20 | 15 |
| 2018 | 17 | 13 |
| 2019 | 20 | 15 |
| 2020 | 10 | 4 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9 |
| 2022 | 8 | 10 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8 |
| 2024 | 9 | 12 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7 |
| 2026 | 7 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Suspension assembly and disk device16 Jun 2026US 12,658,205 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Suspension assembly and disk device having wiring member14 Apr 2026US 12,603,107 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Head suspension assembly and disk device7 Apr 2026US 12,597,438 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Flexible printed circuit finger trace layout for parallel servo operation7 Apr 2026US 12,597,439 B2Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Flexure of suspension for disk drive and suspension for disk drive, the flexure having an area with reduced thickness where an electronic component is mounted10 Mar 2026US 12,573,422 B2NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
- Magnetic disk device and signal synchronization method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279394 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Flexure of suspension for hard disk drive and method of manufacturing the flexure25 Jun 2026US 2026/0179649 A1NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
- Disk device25 Jun 2026US 2026/0179650 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Actuator assembly and magnetic disk device11 Jun 2026US 2026/0162675 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Disk drive suspension14 May 2026US 2026/0134882 A1NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Read/write head with shifted waveguide218US 6,016,290 ARead-Rite Corporation · 2000
- Laser mounting for a thermally assisted GMR head203US 6,404,706 B1Read-Rite Corporation · 2002
- Interconnect adapter and head suspension assembly185US 6,025,988 ARead-Rite Corporation · 2000
- Method and system for providing electrostatic discharge protection for flex-on suspension, trace-suspension assembly, or cable-on suspension169US 6,424,505 B1Read-Rite Corporation · 2002
- Gimbal flexure and electrical interconnect assembly165US 5,491,597 AHutchinson Technology Incorporated · 1996