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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7002773 | Media enclosures dampening desk vibration in single disk storage devices Aerodynamic forces contribute to disk and actuator vibration leading to track positioning errors in storage devices such as hard disk drives. The invention provides a variety of dampening mechanisms and a method of dampening to alleviate these problems in single dis... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6975475 | Methods and apparatus determining and/or using overshoot control of write current for optimized head write control in assembled disk drives The invention includes a testing method which may be applied to at least one writer in a disk drive during the self-test phase to generate write parameters, focused on the Over Shoot Control (OSC) of the write current parameter to improve the reliability of write op... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6967822 | Disk drive actuator impact rebound crash stop with bias tab and pusher and crash stop faces The invention includes an impact rebound crash stop pivoting about a pivot between the top and bottom yoke of an actuator magnet assembly. The impact rebound crash stop includes a latch bias tab magnetically attracted to the voice coil magnet when it is near. The in... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6967809 | Method and apparatus providing spiral servo control for skewless read/writes in a hard disk drive The invention provides magnetic disks with the ability for consecutive tracks to be read or written continuously, removing the traversal of the gap between tracks which degrades bandwidth delivery performance. The invention includes a disk surface formatted with tra... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6961207 | Apparatus and method for dampening disk vibration in storage devices Aerodynamic forces contribute to disk and actuator vibration leading to track positioning errors in storage devices such as hard disk drives. The invention provides a variety of dampening mechanisms and a method of dampening to alleviate these problems. ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6958875 | Method and apparatus providing a self-vaccine for a disk drive A self-vaccine as used herein will refer to methods of operating a disk drive and the apparatus implementing such methods, which make the disk drive immune to changes in temperature, that keep the disk drive healthy when hot or cold. The invention includes a self-va... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6958879 | Method and apparatus reducing off track head motion due to disk vibration in a hard disk drive using configuration of the disk drive servo controller An improved and distinctive servo-controller scheme resulting in an overall improvement in PES performance, particularly when applied to hard disk drives employing the invention's TMR reduction mechanisms. The servo-controllers trade off gain in the disk vibration f... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6954322 | Method and apparatus providing read channel optimization insurance to avoid divergence in channel optimization in an assembled disk drive The invention provides a method insuring that each read channel optimization step is controllable in terms of quality divergence, that a systematic response can be made which can be readily automated. The method is applicable to a pre-existing read channel optimizat... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6940697 | Interconnection scheme for head arms of disk drive actuator The invention includes at least one head arm providing head electrical interconnection as essentially parallel traces on at least one face of the head arm using the metallic body of the head arm as a ground plane. This insures that the neighboring pairs of parallel ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6925738 | Self lifting iron The present invention is a clothing iron capable of lifting the iron, and thus the hot sole plate of the iron, away from a surface on which the iron rests when the iron is not in use, to reduce or prevent damage to the surface on which the iron rests. An important c... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6920018 | Method and apparatus reducing off-track head motion due to disk vibration in a disk drive through flexure mounting and/or non-symmetric hinging within the head gimbal assembly Improved head gimbal assemblies reducing TMR (Track Mis-Registration) in a hard disk drive are provided. These head gimbal assemblies are as mechanically simple as contemporary head gimbal assemblies, support parallel flying sliders over flat disk surfaces, and redu... | 07/19/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6898040 | Method and apparatus determining maximum read bias current and maximum write current for disk merged read/write heads based upon write current and measured read resistance The invention includes operating a merged read/write head in a disk drive by determining both the maximum read bias current and maximum write current, based upon the measured read resistance of the read mechanism and the write current in use with the write mechanism... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6848579 | Shock absorbing apparatus and method A shock absorber designed for insertion within a container. The shock absorber presents a support surface on one side intended to contact the surface of one or more items contained within the container, and a spring side including compression elements, in contact wi... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6792535 | System and method for digitally marking a file with a removable mark A system enables encoding of a removable mark into digital data, and decoding of the mark from the digital data. The system comprises an encoder and a decoder. The encoder includes a target area locator for locating in digital data a predetermined pattern of values ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6778352 | Disk drive shock absorption mechanism The present invention is a shock absorption mechanism for reducing the damage experienced by disk drives, including damage caused by a magnetic head contacting the surface of a magnetic disk, as a result of impact or shock forces experienced by the disk drive. In ge... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6771458 | Media enclosures providing reduced air gap around disk drive media surfaces of a disk drive The inventors have discovered that aerodynamic forces contribute to disk fluttering. If the flow of air about these disk surfaces is unstable, the resulting aerodynamic forces can mechanically excite the disk surfaces, causing fluttering. The invention includes medi... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6768931 | Method and apparatus for quay container crane-based automated optical container code recognition with positional identification A method and system for a quay container crane with container code recognition of a container identified by a container code with container positional identification is disclosed. The system and method are capable of performing these tasks without the use of non-sta... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6766615 | Root saving plant saucer A plant saucer having a plurality of internal risers extending upward from the base of the saucer. The internal risers may be of any convenient height and shape to allow excess water to drain from one or more pots placed thereon. The risers may have a round footprin... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6754040 | Disk spacer in a disk drive system The inventors have found that by changing the outer wall shape of at least disk spacer, the air flow of the relevant inner region is disrupted, causing particulate adhesion to be minimized. The air flow disruption acts to blow more air through the inner region, effe... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6747843 | Ramp design for reducing read-write head track positioning errors The invention includes a method of A wipping part of the load ramp is a convex finger crossing the read-write head path of motion with respect to a lifting tab engagably moving across the loading ramp. ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6742420 | Thin wall fastener A fastener for mounting objects to a wall or to a floor. The fastener includes an anchor member having an elongate body with a shank portion having a spacer formed integrally with one end, a central longitudinal hole extending through the elongate body, and an inter... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6710594 | Method and apparatus supporting magnetic performance measurement of merged read-write heads using the write current and read current A test system and method determining performance of a merged magnetoresistive read-write head based upon operating the write inductive head of the merged read-write head, measuring the resistance of the read head under certain read current bias conditions and findin... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6701729 | Device and method for operating a refrigeration cycle without evaporator icing The present invention relates to a device and method for operating a refrigeration cycle without icing of the evaporative surface of the device.... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6692081 | Methods and chair for supporting the back of a seated person Method and apparatus for supporting the back of a seated person by providing primary support to the back of the seated person at the junction between the lower thoracic vertebrae and the upper lumbar vertebrae and surrounding tissues. More specifically, t... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6669727 | Prosthetic eye with polarized dilating pupil and cooperating polarized eyeglass lens A prosthetic eye and a coordinating pair of glasses simulate dilation of the pupil of a normal eye. The prosthetic eye has a white scleral portion with a simulated iris is painted on the front. A polarized disc is located at the center of the iris. The po... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6667244 | Method for etching sidewall polymer and other residues from the surface of semiconductor devices A method for removing organic and inorganic residues or polymers from the surface of semiconductor devices, with a combination of etchant gasses including water vapor generated using a catalytic moisture generator or CMG. The water vapor is generated by i... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6662950 | Wafer shipping and storage container The present invention is shipping and storage container for storing and transporting a plurality of disc shaped objects, such as wafers and the like, while protecting the items from vibration, abrasion, impact, particulation, static electricity, and outga... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6653096 | Process challenge device and method A process challenge device tailored to mimic the resistance of a particular product-package combination to a particular biological inactivation, disinfection, or sterilization process. The device is used to challenge the process, thus providing a means to... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6626916 | Tissue fastening devices and methods for sustained holding strength A fastener (13) and fastener delivery device (73) for guiding, delivering and deploying the fastener (13) into tissue to provide sustained gripping forces and methods of use. The fastener (13) is curved with a spring-like or shape memory material (15) and... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6591432 | Anti-drift shower curtain having water-collecting pockets A shower curtain having one or more pockets formed near the lower edge and on the side facing the shower nozzle is disclosed. The pockets are designed to collect water while the shower is in use. The pockets have drain holes that allow the water to slowly... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6588289 | Linear actuator with protective guide chassis enclosing the lead screw A contamination resistant lead screw or ball screw-driven linear actuator has the lead screw and drive nut enclosed within a specially constructed guide chassis. A carriage is slidably mounted on parallel rails attached to the guide chassis. The carriage ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6558022 | Illumination display system and method for creating decorative light images The present invention is an illumination system for use near a wall or surface for creating one or more images of light thereon. An important characteristic of the invention is the ability to produce coordinated images by passing radiant light through an ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6540384 | Snowboard light Snowboard Light with a centrally located hollow housing containing a light source, a reflector, a clear lens, a battery supply, an attachment means, an on off switch, and a battery door. A pair of semi rigid mirror image side members are hingably connecte... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6519956 | Device and method for operating a refrigeration cycle without evaporator icing The present invention relates to a device and method for operating a refrigeration cycle without icing of the evaporator of the device.... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6515590 | Book organizing device Book Organizing Device with A flat, horizontally disposed shelf like member, a fixed, vertical end panel attached to one end of the shelf member, a slidable vertical panel having a constant force spring centrally attached under the shelf member, the slida... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6510946 | Vacuum insulated lunch box Vacuum Insulated Lunch Box with a rectangular box comprised of a top half and a bottom half, the top half and bottom half each having a double wall construction, the top half and bottom half each having recessed areas to accommodate a plurality of food co... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6495596 | Compounds and methods for inhibition of phospholipase A2 and cyclooxygenase-2 The present invention comprises a group of related lipid molecules, and methods for their use, that maybe used to treat inflammation and certain inflammation related diseases. The group of related lipid molecules are capable of inhibiting certain enzyme s... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6463722 | Leafy vegetable harvester and method The invention is a harvester particularly suited for harvesting baby greens. The harvester generally comprises a chassis with wheels that travel in the furrows between raised beds, a sorting belt assembly, and an articulated connection to a cutting assemb... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6461199 | Multiple electrode connecting apparatus A multiple electrode connecting for connecting multiple circuits, such as the headphones of a portable tape recorder or CD player. The multiple electrode connection comprises apparatus comprising a connection plug and a connection jack. The plug is equipp... | 10/08/2002 |
