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Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America

Intri-Plex Technologies Inc.

USPTO Granted Patents = 51

EPO Patents = 3

Forward Citations = 520

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32 inventors (with patents filed for the assignee):

Ryan John Schmidt (44 out of 48 patents)

Kevin Patrick Hanrahan (30 out of 84 patents)

David Django Dexter (15 out of 15 patents)

4. Damon Douglas Brink (13 out of 17 patents)

5. Paul Wesley Smith (8 out of 13 patents)

6. Steve Braunheim (6 out of 6 patents)

7. Frederic C Petersen (5 out of 5 patents)

8. Adam Donald Sutton (5 out of 5 patents)

9. David M Erlach (3 out of 9 patents)

10. Robert J Tench (3 out of 3 patents)

11. Jack Bish (3 out of 6 patents)

12. Leong Weng How (2 out of 2 patents)

13. Michael John Stromberg (2 out of 2 patents)

14. Philippe Jacques Parsy (2 out of 2 patents)

15. Matthew S Sprankle (2 out of 2 patents)

Core Competencies:

Swage Mounts

Tolerance Rings

Suspension Assemblies

Base Plates

Disk Drives

Magnetic Recording Heads

Debris Reducing Clamps

Nesting Disk Separators

51 patents: Sort by Forward Citations

1. 10935733 - Retention apparatus and method for terminating a jacketed cable (2021-03-02),

2. 10367135 - Method of fabricating a base plate for piezo actuation (2019-07-30),

3. 10262689 - Nesting disk separator plates for use in hard disk drives (2019-04-16),

4. 9908167 - Disk drive tolerance ring with edge rounding from opposite major faces (2018-03-06),

5. 9595302 - Hard disk drive cover with differential inner and outer surface roughness (2017-03-14),

6. 9536571 - Debris reducing disk clamp for disk drives (2017-01-03),

7. 9361929 - Debris reducing disk clamp for disk drives (2016-06-07),

8. 9361917 - Method to fabricate a base plate for piezo actuation (2016-06-07),

9. 9359665 - Method of manufacturing swage mount having a mixture of conductive material and a coating material (2016-06-07),

10. 9283608 - Disk separator plates and method of making disk separator plates for hard disk drives (2016-03-15),

11. 9165578 - Swage mount for hard disk drives (2015-10-20),

12. 9123367 - Swage mount having a mixture of a conductive material and a coating material and method of manufacturing the swage mount (2015-09-01),

13. 8824099 - Disk clamp having uniform clamping load and index mark (2014-09-02),

14. 8675306 - Debris reducing disk clamp for disk drives (2014-03-18),

15. 8385024 - Tolerance ring with edge bump difference (2013-02-26),

Company Overview

Intri-Plex Technologies Inc., based in Santa Barbara, CA, specializes in advanced hard disk drive technology. The company focuses on the development and manufacturing of critical components such as swage mounts, tolerance rings, suspension assemblies, and base plates. Intri-Plex is dedicated to enhancing the performance and reliability of disk drives through innovative solutions, including magnetic recording heads and debris reducing clamps. Their expertise extends to designing nesting disk separators, contributing to the efficiency of data storage systems.

Profile summary synthesized from public USPTO records and patent filings.

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USPTO Data Jan 1 1976 - Oct 6 2026

51 Patents

#11 in Santa Barbara, CA

#1,618 in California

#6,879 in US

#13,766 in the World

Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America

Intri-Plex Technologies Inc.

Forward Citations = 520

32 inventors:

Ryan John Schmidt (44 out of 48 patents)

Kevin Patrick Hanrahan (30 out of 84 patents)

David Django Dexter (15 out of 15 patents)

4. Damon Douglas Brink (13 out of 17 patents)

5. Paul Wesley Smith (8 out of 13 patents)

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Company Patent Portfolio: Intri-Plex Technologies Inc.. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/company/intri-plex-technologies

Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile

Data Sources: USPTO Patent Grant XML, Patent Center, EPO & CIPO • Normalized by IDiyas Innovation Graph. Methodology & provenance architecturePlease report any incorrect information to [email protected]

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