Bizarre Patents
An electrified table cloth for preventing crawling insects from gaining access to the consumer's food or drink.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179641 | Disk drive apparatus and head assembly using a resin member to accommodate a wire structure Embodiments in accordance with the present invention allow a resin member accommodating therein a trace, to have a small thickness. An HDD according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a resin accommodation member fixed to a side surface of arms. Part... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8111486 | Head gimbals assembly of hard disk and method of assembling thereof A head gimbals assembly for a hard disk for use in a thermally assisted magnetic disk recording medium, in which a laser diode is applied so as to record information with high density. The head gimbals assembly for a hard disk having a plurality of suspensions, each... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8098460 | Dual-state clamping mechanism An apparatus is provided for releasably holding a contact pad of a head gimbal assembly in electrical contact with a flex cable assembly of an actuator coil assembly. The apparatus includes a clamp body pivotally connected to an actuator body of the actuator coil as... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7835114 | Disc drive apparatus A disc drive apparatus has a base, a disc, and a carriage. The base has a first vibration mode and a second vibration mode as reference vibration modes with respect to frequency response characteristics observed when the disc drive apparatus is shaken. The second vi... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7800865 | Disc drive head actuator A disc drive head actuator includes a suspension structure and a slider integrated with the suspension structure. The actuator is one of at least two actuator assemblies batch-fabricated on a common substrate. The head actuator may be fabricated using mircofabricati... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7787219 | In a disk drive apparatus having a diverter for providing streamlined contour and reduced axial flow at the actuator attachment interface between a flexible cable and flexure An airflow diverter is used to overcome the adverse effect of flow-induced vibration of a disk drive pivot actuator. The diverter may be formed as a separate component or as an integral portion of the flex stiffener or the actuator itself. The invention streamlines ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7733610 | Load/unload ramp for an actuator assembly in a data storage device An actuator assembly is provided having a ramp for unloading a transducing head from a storage medium. The actuator assembly includes an actuator arm rotatable about a pivot point and configured to access data on a storage medium. The actuator arm has a base end cou... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7619858 | Head stack assembly, hard disk drive having the same, and hard disk drive method including center of gravity compensation A head stack assembly includes a head stack assembly main body moving a head across a disk, and rotating around a predetermined pivot shaft. The head stack assembly also includes a center of gravity compensation portion coupled to the head stack assembly main body a... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7599150 | Head stack assembly, its manufacturing method, and magnetic disc drive having the same A method for manufacturing a head stack assembly that includes a pair of suspensions each of which supports a head, an arm that drives the head, and a pair of base plates that attach the pair of suspensions to both sides of the arm that has a perforation hole, each ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7545607 | Carriage arm assembly for locating magnetic head, and magnetic disk apparatus using the same A carriage includes a slider on which a magnetic head for reading/writing information from/to a disk is mounted, a suspension for carrying the slider and for applying a predetermined load to the slider, a carriage arm to which the suspension is attached, and a body ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7505231 | Actuator including a coil and a wrap-around support supporting a tang There is provided an actuator for a disk drive. The actuator includes an actuator body defining an axis of rotation. The actuator further includes a coil. The actuator further includes a wrap-around support extending from the actuator body radially beyond the coil w... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7486483 | Rotating disk storage device with improved actuator arm Embodiments of the invention establish electric continuity across an actuator head suspension assembly and a pivot bearing assembly without involving an increased manufacturing cost through a simple structure. In one embodiment, a carriage made of a plastic resin is... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7471489 | Head/arm subassembly and head stack assembly for media servowriter The present invention provides unamount head/arm subassemblies and read-write head stack assembly for a disk drive, and a servowriter having the head stack assembly. Each head/arm subassembly is assembled and aligned individually so that multiple head/arm subassembl... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7420783 | Slim actuator and slim micro-drive apparatus comprising the same A slim actuator and a micro-drive apparatus using the same are provided. The slim actuator includes a suspension having a head mounted at one end of the suspension to write/read data to/from a disk and a head gimbal assembly. The head gimbal assembly includes a unit... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7367107 | Method for making a disk drive head stack assembly having a tapered pivot bearing A disk drive head stack assembly (66) of a configuration that facilitates the assembly thereof is disclosed. One or more head/arm assemblies (74) are mounted on a pivot bearing (118). This pivot bearing (118) includes a tapered section ( | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369368 | Head stack assembly having an actuator body with multiple slots adjacent to a bore A head stack assembly for a disk drive includes an actuator body. The actuator body includes a pair of sides, a bore defining a longitudinal axis, a first slot extending between the pair of sides, a second slot extending along a direction perpendicular to the longit... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365947 | Head support mechanism, head arm assembly, and disk drive apparatus with head arm assembly with weight formed around horizontal bearing A head support mechanism includes a rigid support arm, a suspension for supporting, at its leading end section, a head slider with at least one head element, the suspension having a balance structure that can be pivoted in a direction crossing a surface of a recordi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356908 | Method of assembling a disk drive unit via a ramp tool 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 having a second part of magnet component, a spindle motor and at least one... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355811 | Hermetically sealed housing with interior capture plate A method and apparatus for aligning and securing a spindle shaft and actuator shaft in a low-density gas-filled hard disk drive and independent of the disk drive cover is provided. A capture plate is positioned above the memory disk(s) and is secured to the base pla... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355819 | Machining actuator periphery to reduce resonance variation A method of manufacturing a disc drive actuator is provided. The method includes manufacturing a disc drive actuator and machining a peripheral surface of the actuator. The peripheral surface is machined to obtain a desired profile dimension and thereby reduce varia... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352537 | Tuned damper for disk drive actuator arm Embodiments of the present invention include a disk drive actuator arm for reducing amplitude of vibration modes substantially planar to a disk surface. The actuator arm comprises a plurality of head arms coupled to the actuator arm, the head arms substantially equa... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7324302 | System, method, and apparatus for breaking up large-scale eddies and straightening air flow inside rotary disk storage devices A system, method, and apparatus for solving flow-induced track misregistration (TMR) problems in hard disk drives (HDD) are directed to breaking up large-scale eddies, and straightening air flows with honeycomb structures, woven wire screens, and guide vanes or hole... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322094 | Method for manufacturing a head stack assembly A head stack assembly of a disk drive unit including a head arm assembly (HAA) having a head gimbal assembly, a drive arm to be connected with the head gimbal assembly; wherein the drive arm comprises a securing portion, a connection portion and a spacer connecting ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7312954 | Suspension bearings for data storage drive A stacked suspension assembly for a data storage drive having, for example, at least two suspension members with each suspension member has a bearing hole therethrough. At least one spacer is positioned between the at least two suspension members to separate adjacen... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7299536 | Method for an improved magnetic head arm assembly A system and method for an improved magnetic head arm assembly (HAA), reducing complexity of design and difficulty of manufacture, is disclosed. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293351 | Apparatus for protecting and merging a head stack assembly An apparatus for protecting and merging a head stack assembly with a disc stack of a data storage device. The head stack assembly comprises a cantilevered flexure which supports a transducer at a distal end thereof. A carrier includes a carrier support surface arran... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284457 | Servo device for radio control A servo device for radio control fine-adjusts a linkage rod, which links the servo device and an operation unit, in an accurate positional relationship. The servo device includes a servo motor having a servo output shaft on which a serration is formed, and a servo h... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285729 | Printed circuit board A printed circuit board includes circuit lines having different transmission characteristics. In the printed circuit board, mounted components are connected to each other at a plurality of points by an anisotropic conductive film (ACF) adhesion by using a flexible c... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7274537 | Windage stripper for an actuator and rotating disc An actuator with a moveable block and supporting a cantilevered arm has a windage stripper supported for movement in unison with the block and spanning a cantilevered length of the arm. The actuator has a load member connected to the arm and supports a data head at ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7265945 | Head drive device including head support mechanism having support arm rotatable relative to base arm via rotation support part, and disk apparatus including the head drive device A head support mechanism of the invention comprises a head (1011) for recording on a disk or reproducing a disk, a head support member composed of this head (1011) and a support arm (2) having this head (1011) attached to one end portion ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7251108 | Dovetails for positive retention in an over-molded actuator Positive retention features are provided on an actuator of a magnetic disk drive thereby increasing the structural rigidity of the actuator in attachment of a voice coil to the actuator. The positive retention features are defined by a plurality of protrusions havin... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248440 | Single lever type actuator latch system of disk drive An actuator latch system of a disk drive to lock an actuator having a swing arm installed at a base member, a voice coil motor coil joined to an end portion of the swing arm, and a magnet facing the voice coil motor coil, including a first and a second latch portion... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245458 | System and method for improving the electrical connection of a hard drive relay flexible circuit assembly of an HGA flexure cable A system and method are disclosed for improving the electrical connection of a hard drive relay flexible circuit assembly to a head-gimbal assembly (HGA) flexure cable. In one embodiment, a flexible circuit assembly is attached to a hard drive coil carriage via a U-... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245456 | Head support device and disk drive using the same A head support device includes a slider with a head, a support arm having a leading end provided with the slider 1 via a flexure and being integral with, in the vicinity of its base end, a spring member along a centerline, and a base arm having two pivots con... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7230798 | Head support device and disk drive using the same A low profile head support device has excellent shock resistance and can apply necessary and sufficient biasing forces to a head and a disk drive using the same. The head support device includes a head; head suspension 2 to suspend the head; base arm 4... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227725 | Head stack assembly with locking pins for retaining flex cable A head stack assembly for a disk drive. The head stack assembly includes an actuator defining an axis of rotation. The actuator includes an actuator arm defining a longitudinal axis orthogonal to the axis of rotation. The actuator includes an actuator body formed of... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223020 | Bearing assembly A bearing assembly including a bearing having an outer bearing ring and an inner bearing ring. The outer bearing ring is axially received in a bearing-receiving recess that includes a substantially cylindrical inner wall. An element that is radially flexible is loca... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7215513 | Disk drive including a one-piece stamped actuator arm assembly and method of making same An actuator arm assembly of a disk drive is stamped from a single flat sheet of material and includes first and second actuator arm portions and one or more bendable portions integrally joining the first and second actuator arm portions. A method of making an actuat... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7199970 | Damped disc drive assembly, and method for damping disc drive assembly A disc drive assembly is provided including a head disc assembly, a housing having a base and a cover cooperating with one another to form a chamber in which the head disc assembly is housed, and a damper structure in operative association with the housing for dampe... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199981 | High reliability-parallel data transfer hard disk drive A dual actuator arm assembly system that uses two pairs of actuator-carriage arms that linearly move over a stationary micro-rail independently. The geometric shape of the two pairs of actuator carriage arms conform to the arcs of the data tracks at an acute angle. ... | 04/03/2007 |
