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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110310509 | HERMETICALLY SEALING A HARD DISK DRIVE A HDD comprising an internal base plate comprising a porous material and configured for attachment of internal components of the HDD, an external hermetic base plate comprising a non-porous material and configured to hermetically seal the HDD, an external attachment bas... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110176240 | DISK DRIVE DEVICE THAT ROTATES A DISK A disk drive device comprises a hub on which a magnetic recording disk is to be mounted; a base rotatably supporting the hub through a bearing unit; a sintered core fixed to the base, the sintered core having a ring portion and nine teeth that extend radially from the r... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110157743 | BEARING DEVICE AND SWING ARM ASSEMBLY FOR MAGNETIC DISK A bearing device includes a shaft having an axis, plural rolling bearings arranged at axially separated positions and rotatably supporting the shaft, a first cylindrical member for supporting the rolling bearings therein and having a first screw on a part of an outer su... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110102939 | SPIN VALVE ELEMENT, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AND STORAGE DEVICE USING THE SAME Provided is a spin valve element capable of performing multi-value recording, which includes a pair of ferromagnetic layers having different coercivities from each other, and sandwiching an insulating layer or a non-magnetic layer. The ferromagnetic layer having the sma... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110032638 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS USING THE SAME Embodiments of the invention provide a perpendicular magnetic recording medium improved for fly ability, high in read signal quality, and capable of suppressing magnetic decay of recorded magnetization to be caused by stray fields. In one embodiment, a perpendicular rec... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110007419 | DISK DRIVE According to one embodiment, a disk drive includes a housing, a drive unit configured to drive a disk recording medium in the housing, and a head actuator configured to support a head. A wall portion of the housing includes a first rib formed into a circular arc having ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100296190 | FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING APPARATUS, SPINDLE MOTOR, AND DISK DRIVE APPARATUS A fluid dynamic bearing apparatus includes a first minute gap, a second minute gap, a third minute gap, a fourth minute gap, and a fifth minute gap. A flow of a lubricating oil from the fifth minute gap to the fourth minute gap is caused by a plurality of dynamic pressu... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100277830 | TAMPER EVIDENT TAPE WITH INTEGRATED EMI SHIELDING The present invention provides a multilayer tape for simultaneously providing shielding of electromagnetic interference (EMI) and evidence of tampering with an electronic device to which it is applied. The multilayer tape can be attached to an electronic device to cover... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100177438 | SNUBBER FOR DISC DRIVE FOR PREVENTION OF USER REPORTED DEFECTS A disc drive snubber for protection of a disc drive disc from mechanical shock, the snubber positioned to limit the deflection of the disc in the operational mode, the position of the disc snubber determined in response to user reported defects. The snubber, positioned ... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20090279203 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATED BYPASS CHANNEL AND DIVERTER FOR HARD DISK DRIVES An integrated bypass channel and diverter assembly for hard disk drives having small form factors is disclosed. A bypass channel is formed directly in the base plate to allow a partial bypass to exist with or without a diverter feature. The design addresses the issue of... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090279816 | FLUID DYNAMIC PRESSURE BEARING DEVICE, SPINDLE MOTOR AND DISK DRIVE APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME In a fluid dynamic pressure bearing device using ionic liquid as lubricant, a shaft member and a sleeve member are not corroded by the ionic liquid and static electricity generated is not accumulated. Aluminum with an oxide film formed on its surface is used as the mate... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090237835 | Switching field controlled (SFC) media using anti-ferromagnetic thin layer in magnetic recording A patterned disk for a hard disk drive. The patterned disk includes an anti-ferromagnetic layer of FexNi1-xO over a substrate. The disk also includes a magnetic layer that is adjacent to the anti-ferromagnetic layer of FexNi1-x 09/24/2009 | |
| 20090225464 | LASER POWER SENSOR FOR THERMALLY ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING An apparatus, system, and method for measuring thermally induced electric resistance changes in thermally assisted magnetic recording are disclosed for monitoring laser light output in thermally assisted magnetic recording disk drives. An electrical lead is coupled to a... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090225469 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DRIVE APPARATUS, CONNECTION CIRCUIT BOARD, AND DRIVE APPARATUS USING THE SAME A method of manufacturing a drive apparatus electrically connects a motor and a control circuit board for the motor without causing poor connections. When manufacturing a drive apparatus that rotationally drives a recording medium using a motor, the motor, which is conn... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090185311 | MULTIPLE ACCESS HARD DISK Multiple access hard disk. Multiple read-write heads are implemented within a single information storage device. The information storage device can be any of a variety of information storage devices including a hard disk drive (HDD), a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Mem... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090168233 | Manufacturing method of hermetic connection terminal used in a disk drive device having hermetically sealed enclosure and disk drive device To efficiently manufacture a feedthrough used in a disk drive device having a hermetically sealed enclosure, embodiments of the present invention manufacture a feedthrough used in an HDD having a hermetically sealed enclosure. An embodiment of a manufacturing method of ... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090154006 | REMOVABLE HARD DISK DEVICE A removable hard disk device includes a handle, a first holder, a hard disk drive located between the handle and the first holder, and two second holders pivotally connected to the handle and detachably connected to the first holder and the hard disk drive respectively ... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090122443 | Disk Drive Carrier Assembly and Method A disk drive carrier assembly for carrying plural disk drives is provided. The assembly has a casing having first and second opposed ends, opposed sides, a top and a bottom. Drive cards are provided in the casing. Each drive card has a disk drive receiving portion for r... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090073605 | BI-DIRECTIONAL DEBRIS SWEEPING PROFILE A bidirectional disc sweep routine accelerates the transducer in a storage device from a first predefined radius toward the inner radius to a second predefined radius, and accelerates the transducer from a third predefined radius toward the outer radius to a fourth pred... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090073606 | AIRFLOW DIVERTER PLATE IN A DATA STORAGE DEVICE A data storage medium has a spinning outer diameter that generates a flow stream. A hub joins to actuator arms that are separated by a slot. The outer diameter and the flow stream pass through the slot. A support plate projects from the hub into the slot and faces in a ... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090002894 | Outer actuator arm constrained layer dampers Outer arm constrained layer dampers to improve actuator dynamics are disclosed. One embodiment provides a housing and disk pack mounted to the housing and having a plurality of disks that are rotatable relative to the housing. In addition, an actuator is coupled to the ... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080316648 | Nanocryalline structured co-based alloy intermediate layer (IL) replacing ru layer in perpendicular magnetic recording media for hard disk drive A disk for a hard disk drive. The disk includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer. An intermediate layer consisting of cobalt and titanium is located between the first and second intermediate layers. The intermediate layer creates a finer grain size and... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080297943 | Ramp in Hard Disc The present invention discloses a hard disk drive head loading and unloading device, including a working division and a positioning division. The working division and the positioning division are fixedly connected or integrated as a whole, the former being provided with... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080259492 | Lapping plate texture for increased control over actual lapping force A slider lapping texture for implementation in a lapping environment. The slider lapping texture includes a lapping texture structure for utilization in a lapping process performed on a slider. The structure also includes a first surface having a base elevation. The str... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080247081 | Flex cable assembly for vibration reduction in HDD applications A hard disk drive flex cable assembly conveys data between a connector to a host system and a head stack assembly. It comprises a flex cable which in part has a first end for coupling to the connector, and a second end for coupling to the head stack assembly; and a stif... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080239562 | IMPACT BUFFER, IMPACT BUFFERING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSOR HAVING IMPACT BUFFERING DEVICE An impact buffer having a high buffering effect includes two or more impact buffering members with different hardness, contacted with at least one surface of a side surface part of an HDD unit positioned orthogonally to the rotation surface of a magnetic disk of the HDD... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080231989 | ROTOR MAGNET, SPINDLE MOTOR COMPRISING THE SAME, RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND JIG FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME An object of the present invention is to provide a rotor magnet that is capable of adjusting attraction of magnet that is mounted in a spindle motor, a spindle motor including the same, a recording and reproducing apparatus, and a jig for manufacturing the same, with a ... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080225433 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING A CARRIAGE ASSEMBLY A method and apparatus for assembling a carriage assembly attach suspensions to carriage arms without deformation and with higher accuracy than with the conventional art. Suspensions are placed on carriage arms by aligning engagement holes ... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080176107 | Magnetic read head and magnetic read write system To provide a magnetic head that is suited for high recording density magnetic read and write, and has little noise. A magnetic pinned layer is formed on a non-magnetic electrode layer via a first insulating layer, and a magnetic free layer is formed on a medium-side pla... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080158726 | Disk drive unit and ramp tool for assembling the same A disk drive unit includes a first cover having a first part of magnet component and a head stack assembly mounted on the first cover; and a second cover assembled with the first cover, which has a second part of magnet component, a spindle motor, at least one disk and ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080137228 | MAGNETIC DISC DRIVE A magnetic disc drive includes a head that is configured to record information in a recording medium or reproduce the information from the recording medium, a housing that houses the recording medium and the head, and a vibration damping mechanism that reduces a vibrati... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080123218 | Mobile Hard Disk A mobile hard disk, having a shield, a disk body having a front surface, an electric circuit board electrically connected to the disk body. The electric circuit board is parallel to and contacts with the front surface of the shield, wherein the electric circuit board an... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080088968 | Storage medium drive A head actuator includes first and second yoke members. An elastic adhesive member is coupled to the second yoke member. A weight is coupled to the elastic adhesive member. The displacement of a coil in the head actuator causes a carriage to swing. The displacement of t... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080084630 | Media cover for manufacturing a disk drive A method is disclosed for manufacturing a disk drive. At least one disk is installed into a base, and a media cover is coupled to the base, wherein the media cover covers at least a portion of the disk. After installing the media cover, a head coupled to an actuator arm... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20080080089 | Sealing an enclosure for a disk drive form factor Embodiments of the present invention pertain to sealing an enclosure for a disk drive form factor. According to one embodiment, material is removed from a base casting for the disk drive form factor to enable insertion of a component. The removal of the material results... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20080078084 | HYDRODYNAMIC BEARING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME One or more of constructional members of a hydrodynamic bearing assembly are nickel-plated, and the members to be welded and fixed are arranged to abut on one another. The nickel plating is performed so as to form a plated layer of less than 10 μm in thickness between ... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20080080090 | Manufacturing method for motor, and motor and disk drive apparatus A sleeve portion is inserted into a hole portion of a base bracket on which an adhesive of heat cure type is applied while a rotor portion and a stator portion are retained by a position determining jig. Then, the sleeve portion is initially affixed to the base bracket ... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20080075398 | FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING DEVICE AND STORAGE DISK DRIVING DEVICE USING THE SAME A fluid dynamic bearing device includes a shaft and a sleeve, with the shaft or the sleeve having a greater hardness being smoothed to have about 0.02 μm or less of the arithmetical average of the surface roughness. The hardness of the shaft or the sleeve having a grea... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20080068744 | Hard disk drive Provided is a hard disk drive including a flat disk mounting surface including no recessed portion which causes minute deformation hindering accurate recording/reproducing. The hard disk drive includes: a magnetic disk (2), which is rotationally driven for record... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080019036 | POSITIONING DEVICE ADAPTED FOR POSITIONING A DETACHABLE MODULE IN A HOUSING A positioning device includes two guiding members fixed spacedly in a housing. Each guiding member has a hook-shaped guiding slot having an elongate first slot portion, and a curved second slot portion defined by front and rear stop walls. A pivot member is connected pi... | 01/24/2008 |
