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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6960050 | Hole forming system with ganged spindle set A high throughput drilling system for printed circuit board hole formation. Two spindles are disposed at each spindle station, doubling the number of holes produced in a given time period. Each spindle in connected to an overhead linear drive by a mini slide. A firs... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6958874 | Manufacture of data storage device A device and method for preparing media discs (2) in which servowriting and verification of the media may be carried out simultaneously. A common monolithic platform (1) is provided which supports air bearing systems which allow movement of a media dis... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6130769 | Rotary mirror assembly having spherical housing A rotatable mirror assembly is described comprising a spherical housing (1) rotatable about an axis (A). The housing contains a mirror (2) bonded in the rear end of the housing. The housing at the front of mirror (2) has a flange (3) while a second enlarg... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6024493 | Air bearing An air bearing comprising a static shaft having a circumferential surface in a form which when developed into a substantially flat plane takes the form of a series of shallow sinusoidal waves having at least three wave peaks, wherein one of the peaks carr... | 02/15/2000 |