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...that the Slinky toy was the result of a failed attempt by engineer Richard James to produce an antivibration device for ship instruments? His goal was to develop a spring that would instantaneously counterbalance the wave motion that rocks a ship at sea. Instead, he developed the Slinky.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6909571 | Method and apparatus actively damping mechanical vibration and shock in head suspensions of a disk drive The invention includes a method of attenuating resonance frequency modes in head suspensions, which does not significantly increase the weight of the head suspension. The invention provides a way to control the head deflection from the disk surface, which helps mini... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6828784 | METHOD AND APPARATUS DETECTING BASE LINE POPPING NOISE IN A READ HEAD AND STABILIZING THE MAGNETIC DOMAIN OF MERGED MAGNETORESISTIVE READ-WRITE HEADS USING DC WRITE CURRENT AND READ BIAS CURRENT FOR AN ASSEMBLED DISK DRIVE Methods and apparatus are disclosed determining the presence of base line popping noise for a read head inside an assembled disk drive, as well as, determining read bias conditions for operating the read head free of base line popping noise. These further include pe... | 12/07/2004 |
