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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6985317 | Method and apparatus for testing the reliability of a disk drive The present invention provides a method, apparatus and program product for testing the reliability of a disk drive. The head-to-disk clearance of a disk drive is measured at different slider airbearing conditions. The change in head-to-disk clearance between the sli... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6928581 | Innovative bypass circuit for circuit testing and modification An integrated circuit module is designed with bypass switches in critical places to route signals around specific circuit blocks, e.g. an automatic gain control (AGC) system and an anti-aliasing filter. If there had been significant problems with either block, it ca... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6585902 | Non-homogeneous laminate material for suspension with vibration dampening An integrated lead suspension is formed from a five layer laminate of stainless steel, polyimide and copper. Prior to lamination, the steel layer has preformed voids which may have various configurations. The voids are provided for intentionally weakening... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6576148 | Non-homogeneous laminate material for suspension with electrostatic discharge shunting An integrated lead suspension is formed from a laminate of three materials in a variety of configurations having from three to five layers. The materials are stainless steel, polyimide and copper. Each layer is essentially homogeneous, but may be formed w... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6574679 | Method and apparatus for identifying hardware A microprocessor (digital device) with microcode is incorporated in a mechanical device, having analog electrical signaling wires, to send a digital signal containing identifying data of the device to a central computer. The digital signal includes operat... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6574424 | Method and apparatus for a randomizer for DVD video A bit is provided in each Digital Video Disk memory sector header to indicate the type of information contained in the main data portion of the frame. A vector of video clips are stored on the DVD disk and the DVD drive examines the bit to determine wheth... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6533950 | Non-homogeneous laminate material for suspension with flexure motion limiter An integrated lead suspension is formed from a laminate of three materials in a variety of configurations having from three to five layers. The materials are stainless steel, polyimide and copper. Each layer is essentially homogeneous, but may be formed w... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6530613 | Air tweezer and sucking pad An air tweezer capable of efficiently performing an operation in which an article with a very small size, such as a pico slider or a femto slider, is sucked and set at a predetermined position of a suspension, and having countermeasures against ESD.... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6480375 | Protection structure for a disk drive and electronic apparatus To provide a protection structure for a disk drive and an electronic apparatus. The protection structure being designed not to damage a disk set in the disk drive even when a space provided to protect the disk drive is reduced.... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6477014 | Multilayered suspension with conductive lead structure extending beyond base layer A multilayered suspension having a slider end and a termination end, the suspension being suitable for use in an information storage system slider-suspension assembly is provided. The suspension comprises a conductive lead structure having at least one co... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6442828 | Method of manufacturing a transducer suspension system A method for making a suspension system comprising a multiple layer flexure, a load beam and an arm. The load beam extends from the tip of the suspension all the way back to the rear of the arm. Datum holes are located in the load beam such that during as... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6442638 | Auto enable/disable system and method for computer interfaced devices An automatic enable and disable system and method for a computer interfaced device linkable to an external computer system. Communication occurs when a computer interfaced device has been latched to and inserted into or unlatched and about to be removed f... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6433967 | Transducer suspension system having a rigid extension section A suspension system comprises a first rigid beam section having a first portion for connection to an actuator arm. The first rigid beam section having at least one stamped ridge which extends past the edge of an actuator arm and along the length of the fi... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6430632 | Data management small computer system interface (SCSI) extender for extending SCSI communications between SCSI interfaces located relatively far apart An improved system and method for extending interface communications for a SCSI. The system and method provides SCSI extenders that are able to extend SCSI communications over relatively long distances between at least two SCSI interfaces while also being... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6430645 | Fibre channel and SCSI address mapping for multiple initiator support An improved and more efficient mapping scheme between a fiber channel (FC) interface and small computer system interface (SCSI) for multiple initiator support. In accordance with the method of the present invention an alternate mapping path is provided fo... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6418535 | Bi-level power saver method for portable or laptop computer A bi-level power saving method for a computer having one level of power saving operations that is executed when the computer is operating on an external power source and another level of power saving operations that is executed when the computer is operat... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6382499 | Ultrasonic bonding performing method and method for transforming, retaining and releasing a suspension assembly An integrated suspension for a slider in a magnetic record system has a simplified structure relatively easy to manufacture. This new integrated suspension is assembled from separate pieces including a load beam a flexure and a mount plate. The flexure in... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6366431 | Head supporting arm having laser beam exposing aperture The object of the present invention is to provide a structure of a head supporting arm for preventing a read/write head from being damaged during a heating process for bonding a slider to a flexure and a method for fabricating the head supporting arm with... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6362936 | Suspension assembly with integral projections having a coating of elastic material A head support assembly for a disk drive is comprised of a head suspension assembly connected to an actuator arm at one end and supporting a head at the other end, wherein a projection is formed on a flexure closely fixed on a thin-plate load beam, said p... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6359755 | Micromechanical cantilever suspension system Briefly, in a preferred embodiment, the present invention comprises a suspension having a structured surface hardening. This surface hardening may be comprised of thin film stripes of material such as nitrides, carbides, and adamantine carbon. The hardene... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6360232 | Disaster recovery method for a removable media library A removable media storage library comprises a plurality of removable media divided into a plurality of sets, each set associated with its own server. A central manager controls access to all of the removable media. Each of the servers and library manager ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6347742 | Variable focal length lenses A bar code reader for an automated storage library has a lens assembly with a pair of polarized liquid crystal lenses. Each lens has pair of parallel glass plates that are separated by upper and lower glass substrates. A series of polymer films are symmet... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6341726 | Apparatus for inspecting elements on transport device A tray mapper uses an optical sensing array to detect if a head gimbal assembly suspension is located in each of the available positions in a shipping tray. Each tray to be inspected is placed on the mapper and located in a scanning position. A pair of el... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6317190 | Variable focal length liquid crystal lens assembly and method of manufacture A lens assembly has a pair of polarized liquid crystal lenses. Each lens has pair of parallel glass plates that are separated by upper and lower glass substrates. A series of polymer films are symmetrically spaced apart between the substrates. Both the su... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6278585 | Transducer suspension termination system A suspension system comprises an actuator arm and two suspensions. Each suspension has a load beam and a laminated member comprised of a support layer, an electrically insulating layer, and an electrically conducting layer. The laminated members are etche... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6250550 | Automated media storage library with variable focal length lens A bar code reader for an automated storage library has a lens assembly with a pair of polarized liquid crystal lenses. Each lens has pair of parallel glass plates that are separated by upper and lower glass substrates. A series of polymer films are symmet... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6249959 | Method for processing an integrated lead suspension A tool block holds an integrated lead suspension during assembly. The tool block has a number of features for precisely positioning the integrated lead suspension while transducer heads are being mechanically and electrically connected to it. The most cri... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6243235 | Transducer suspension system with limiter A transducer suspension system is comprised of a load beam and a flexure. The flexure has a platform for receiving a transducer head. The platform has a forward portion which has a forward facing tab which engages an aperture in the load beam above. The r... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6226154 | Asymmetric load/unload ramp and disk drive using same A load/unload ramp in a disk drive has first and second compound surfaces located on opposite sides of the median plane of the disk. Each compound surface has a parking surface disposed outside the disk perimeter. When the read/write heads of the disk dri... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6222704 | Suspension assembly with resilient shock bumpers for a disk drive device The head support mechanism is divided into the three portions, i.e. a rear portion one end of which can be pivotally mounted, a front portion supporting a slider including a read/write head for reading data from the magnetic recording disk or writing data... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6219203 | Microactuator integrated lead suspension for a high density hard disk drive A hard disk drive suspension having a load beam with an original thickness of 4 mils (approximately 0.1 mm) is simultaneously etched on both sides in selected areas to approximately half of its original thickness. The selective partial etching makes intri... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6219202 | Slider suspension assembly and method for attaching a slider to a suspension in a data-recording disk file including a flexible integrated cable having an aperture therein for permitting electrical contact A slider suspension assembly for a data-recording disk file is disclosed. The slider suspension assembly uses an improved mechanical and electrical attachment arrangement to attach the slider to the suspension. The slider suspension assembly utilizes a lo... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6213285 | Method of indexing conveyor pallets at high speeds A pallet accelerator transfers workpiece pallets at high speeds from a pre-stop to a work stop in a conveyorized manufacturing line. While a workpiece is being processed in the work stop position, a pallet is released from a release stop into the pallet a... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6212046 | Arm assembly for a disk drive device and a method for fabricating the same An arm assembly for a disk drive device in accordance with the present invention comprises a plurality of arms arranged in parallel to each other, one end of each of said arms supporting a read/write head, and each of said arms having an extended plate wh... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6201664 | Polymer bumps for trace and shock protection A hard disk drive has actuator arms with a load beam or suspension extending from one end. Each suspension carries an integrated lead layer with electrical traces which are connected to a magnetic read/write heads for interacting with magnetic disks in th... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6185075 | Actuator arm assembly for a magnetic storage device An actuator arm assembly comprises stacked suspensions, spacers, a pivot, washer and nut. The pivot and washer have hold portions for engagement during assembly to prevent misalignment of the suspensions. The suspensions, spacers, and washer each have ali... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6181527 | Transducer suspension system including a frequency dependent shunt A transducer suspension system comprises an actuator arm and a suspension. The suspension is comprised of a load beam and a laminated member. The laminated member has an electrically conducting layer and electrical insulating layer, and an electrically co... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6163950 | Method of aligning small components using self-aligning end effector A self-aligning end effector is mounted to a robot for transferring a magnetic read/write head from a feeder to an assembly fixture. The robot positions the end effector above the head. A hollow needle extends from the end effector adjacent to the head. A... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6151198 | Overmolding of actuator E-block by thixotropic or semisolid forging An actuator E-block for a rotary data storage device has a number of solid flat arms and flat coil yokes. The arms and yokes are formed from a metal, metal-reinforced metal matrix composites (MMC), ceramic-reinforced MMCs, glasses, ceramics or ceramic com... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6139078 | Self-aligning end effector for small components A self-aligning end effector is mounted to a robot for transferring a magnetic read/write head from a feeder to an assembly fixture. The robot positions the end effector above the head. A hollow needle extends from the end effector adjacent to the head. A... | 10/31/2000 |
