Inventor · disambiguated record
Timothy C. O'Sullivan
Also filed as: O'SULLIVAN TIMOTHY · O'SULLIVAN TIMOTHY C · O'SULLIVAN TIMOTHY CHRISTOPHER
14 granted patents·549 citations·filing 1992–2003
94Inventor score
Top patents by PatentIndex Score
14 records- 0195US5267104ALiquid-bearing data recording disk file with transducer carrier having rear ski pad at the head-disk interfaceIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Nov 30, 1993·87 cites·14 claims
- 0294US5521772ADisk drive with accerleration rate sensingIBM·Filed 1993·Granted May 28, 1996·85 cites·15 claims
- 0392US6011239ALaser apparatus and method adjusting the gram load, static attitude and flying height in a head suspension assemblyIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 4, 2000·79 cites·20 claims
- 0490US5345353AStep projection air bearing slider with improved stiction performance and wear resistanceIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Sep 6, 1994·53 cites·6 claims
- 0589US5423207AAdvanced PZT glide head design and implementation for a small sliderIBM·Filed 1993·Granted Jun 13, 1995·54 cites·37 claims
- 0687US5712463ALaser apparatus and method for adjusting the gram load static attitude and flying height of a slider in a head suspension assemblyIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Jan 27, 1998·45 cites·21 claims
- 0787US5528922AMethod of making disk bumps with laser pulses for calibrating PZT slidersIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Jun 25, 1996·39 cites·14 claims
- 0879US6714382B1Self-limiting wear contact pad slider and method for making the sameHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 30, 2004·12 cites·26 claims
- 0979US5450747AMethod for optimizing piezoelectric surface asperity detection sensorIBM·Filed 1993·Granted Sep 19, 1995·24 cites·21 claims
- 1074US5689057ACalibration disk with disk bumps for calibrating PZT slidersIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 18, 1997·26 cites·7 claims
- 1164US5581021AMethod and apparatus for optimizing piezoelectric surface asperity detection sensorIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Dec 3, 1996·26 cites·10 claims
- 1260US5631408AMethod of making disk bumps with laser pulsesIBM·Filed 1996·Granted May 20, 1997·15 cites·18 claims
- 1346US7029590B2Self-limiting wear contact pad slider and method for making the sameHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 18, 2006·1 cites·9 claims
- 1436US5796550AMethod and apparatus for providing diverging rail edge geometry for air bearing sliderIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 18, 1998·3 cites·42 claims
Identity basis: PatentsView inventor disambiguation (2025Q4-odp release). How scoring works →