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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7081277 | Magnetic disk drive having a surface coating on a magnetic disk A magnetic disk is produced with improved yield by forming a DLC protective film by a d.c. magnetron sputtering process conducted in a sputtering atmosphere containing oxygen. The magnetic disk carries a lubricating film on the DLC film wherein a fluorocarbon resin ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7082011 | Recording medium drive capable of preventing flexure of base and cover A cover is received on the receiving surface of a base in a recording medium drive. A fastening mechanism serves to couple the cover to the receiving surface. An elastic member is interposed between the receiving surface and the cover. The elastic member is located ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7082012 | Disc drive breather filter mounted to a flex circuit bracket A breather filter is assembled within a disc drive by positioning the filter atop a flex circuit bracket on a base plate of the drive. A breather port is formed through a top cover of the disc drive, and an inlet of the breather filter is sealed against the top cove... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7079382 | Mounting mechanism for storage device A mounting mechanism includes a computer chassis (90), a bracket (10) defining a pair of slideways (14, 16) in a sidewall (11) thereof for receiving corresponding sliding members (44) of a storage device (40), a power supply... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079352 | Magnetic disk apparatus with separate printed-circuit boards Disclosed is a magnetic disk apparatus comprising: a disk enclosure; a first printed-circuit board which is paired with the disk enclosure; and a second printed-circuit board which is connected to the first printed circuit board via a cable and is separated from the... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075749 | Apparatus and method to improve read/write speed of disk drive system A disk drive system and method for implementing the same. The disk drive system of the present invention includes a discoid medium which rotates about its rotation axis and stores data. An actuator includes a head for reading or writing data from or in the discoid m... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7076333 | Releasable, repeatable electrical connection employing compression An electrical connection of a transfer station releasably, repeatably electrically couples with respect to a matching connection of a portable cartridge. A substrate in the portable cartridge has electrical contacts on a facing surface. In the transfer station, a ma... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072274 | Adaptive mounting system for data storage devices An apparatus and method reduce the transfer of vibration to and/or from a data a data transfer mechanism in a data storage device by coupling an adaptive mount responsive to an electrical stimulus to the data transfer mechanism. In one embodiment of the invention, a... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7071972 | Detecting device information including information about a device The present invention provides for detecting device information including information about a device. First ID information is obtained which is specific to the device via a digital interface after second ID information is assigned to the device, wherein the first ID... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7072178 | Mounting assembly for data storage device A data storage device mounting assembly for mounting a data storage device (400) with screws (401) includes a bracket (100), and an operating member (200). The bracket includes a first sidewall (130) and a second sidewall (150 | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070341 | High-density fiber-optic module with multi-fold flexible circuit A flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) for fiber optic modules includes a board with multiple bends, forming a structure with sides and a bottom. The traces in the FPCB traverse from the opto-electronic chips, through the sides of the FPCB, to the module interconne... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070421 | Rotating disk storage device having connection structure between FPC and printed board Embodiments of the invention provide a rotating disk storage device including a connection structure between an FPC and a printed board and providing allowance for dimensional tolerances. In one embodiment, the rotating disk storage device includes a disk enclosure,... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7072141 | Magnetic disc unit with range of gap between disc and shroud A magnetic disc unit having a rotating disc type magnetic disc, a head for recording and reproducing data to and from the magnetic disc, and a shroud surrounding an end surface of an outer periphery of the magnetic disc, except a part where a carriage arm is inserte... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068465 | Magnetic shield for the drive housing of a recording drive A drive housing (22) for shielding a storage disk (13) and a data transducer (48) of a disk drive (10) from external magnetic fields includes a housing shield (24) positioned near the storage disk (13). The housing shield ( | 06/27/2006 |
| 7069358 | Disk array system and disk drive unit A disk array system including: at least one channel control portion for receiving an input/output request of data from an information processor and exchanging the data with the information processor; at least one disk control portion for exchanging the data with a d... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7067206 | Perpendicular magnetic recording medium and a method of manufacturing the same A perpendicular magnetic recording medium has a granular magnetic layer and a nonmagnetic underlayer of a metal or an alloy having a hexagonal close packed (hcp) crystal structure. A seed layer of a metal or an alloy of a face-centered cubic (fcc) crystal structure ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7064921 | Disk drive including a disk plate with a reduced thickness inner edge disposed towards a spindle motor hub There is provided a disk drive including a disk drive base and a spindle motor hub. The disk drive further includes first and second disks disposed about the spindle motor hub. The disk drive further includes a disk plate coupled to the disk drive base. The disk pla... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062837 | Method for manufacturing a disk drive with a hinged head disk assembly enclosure A disk drive includes an enclosure that defines an exterior surface, the enclosure including a base, a cover and a hinge mechanically coupling the base to the cover such that the hinge forms a portion of the exterior surface of the enclosure. A spindle motor is atta... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7061722 | Magnetic head gimbal assembly and magnetic disk unit A magnetic disk unit includes a magnetic disk attached to a spindle so as to be rotatable, a slider having a magnetic head for reading/writing data onto/from the magnetic disk, a suspension for providing the slider with a predetermined load, and an actuator arm for ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7062387 | Method and apparatus for leak detection in low density gas-filled disk drives The present invention is directed to the detection of gas leaks from a gas-filled disk drive. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, gas leaks from a disk drive can be detected by monitoring certain disk drive parameters. Furthermore, different typ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7061756 | Drive bracket with locking devices A drive bracket (30) includes a first latch member (40) and a second latch member (50) to secure a number of data storage devices (10) therein. The first latch member is movably attached to a side panel (33) of bracket via a spring... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057849 | Data storage device with dampers A data storage device includes a baseplate (10), a head stack (50), a disk stack (90), a spindle motor (80) first damper (20) and second dampers (30). The head stack is received in the baseplate with the second damper underl... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7055159 | Disc reading apparatus with a structure for preventing a cracked from jetting out A disc reading apparatus for preventing a cracked disc from jetting out is provided. The disc reading apparatus includes a disc tray and a housing. The disc tray includes a recess for receiving a disc, and the recess defines a recess flange. The housing includes an ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7051423 | Testing method for a head IC This invention relates to a testing method for a head IC which makes it possible to simplify checking of the head. The head IC is installed on a head suspension, and probes are placed on terminals of the head suspension to check electric characteristics of the head ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054153 | Mount for computer drive A mount for a computer drive. The mount has a base structure having a plurality of lateral retainers and a top structure mountable to the base structure over a drive region. The top structure also has an arcuate drive interface extendable into the drive region. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7055012 | Latency reduction using negative clock edge and read flags A method of selecting CAS latencies in a system. Specifically, a system which includes a plurality of memory devices and a memory controller is provided. Because different memory devices may have different CAS latencies, a system CAS latency is selected wherein the ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050255 | System and apparatus for assembly level disk erase A disk erase apparatus for erasing information on one or more disks in a disk drive uses a high strength magnetic field to erase the disks while the disks are in the HDD assembly. The design of the head disk enclosure provides a reduced thickness in a localized regi... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7047631 | Method for automatable insertion or removal of integrated circuit board A method for the automatable insertion or removal of an integrated circuit board is disclosed. One or more linear actuators or similar devices are coupled to one or more cards of an electronic device (e.g., a telecommunications switch or the like) by one or more bra... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7046482 | Magnetic head The magnetic head of the present invention is a small magnetic head capable of reducing inertia working thereto. The magnetic head of the present invention includes a suspension having a front end section and a rear end section, a slider mounting section formed in t... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042675 | Hermetically sealed mobile hard disk drive utilizing a base made of a ceramic substrate Disclosed is a hermetically sealed mobile hard disk drive that combines high storage capacity and performance with low power consumption and portable operation. The key enabling component of the mobile storage device is an integrated base ceramic substrate upon whic... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038884 | Flying-type disk drive slider with self-blending contact pad The invention is generally directed to a slider that is particularly suited for dynamic load/unload disk drive designs. This slider desirably addresses potential disk damage associated with contact between sharp edges of the slider of the disk drive and the data sto... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033684 | Magnetic recording medium, method of manufacture thereof, and magnetic read/write apparatus A magnetic recording medium comprising at least a soft magnetic layer, an orientation control film that controls the orientation of a film provided directly thereabove, an intermediate film, a perpendicular magnetic recording film of which the axis of easy magnetiza... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7035045 | Balance clip holder feature on a spindle motor with nickel-teflon coating on balance clips for reducing friction during clip adjustment in balance process A spindle motor is equipped with pre-installed adjustable balance clips on a stainless steel motor hub to facilitate better balance correction. A balance clip holder feature is formed in the hub and has grooves to hold the balance clips. The balance clip holder can ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031117 | Modular rotary actuator assembly for a rotatable media data storage device Assemblies in accordance with the present invention can access a data storage medium having one or more disks. One such assembly comprises a mounting block including a bore and spacer, an arm stack connected with the top surface of the spacer, and a bottom arm conne... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031115 | Data storage device having single actuator assembly or multiple actuator assemblies A data storage device is provided having at least one disk rotated by a spindle motor and at least one actuator arm assembly rotatable in response to a voice coil motor about a pivot point for moving a magnetic head on an actuator arm for writing data onto the track... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031105 | 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... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031106 | Sealing member, rolling bearing, thin motor, and bearing device The sealing members (14a, 14b) comprise a film member produced by forming an aluminum or alumina deposition film on at least one side surface of a film-like core material. One side surface outer circumferential rim part of the sealing mem... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031104 | Disk drive having guide-vanes A disk drive includes an enclosure, a rotatable disk and an actuator arm, and also includes a plurality of arcuate channels. Airflow is created within the enclosure when the disk rotates. The plurality of arcuate channels facing the disk to decrease the turbulence o... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031107 | Magnetic head parking system of hard disk drive A magnetic head parking system of a hard disk drive to move a magnetic head mounted on a slider of an actuator from a data zone of a disk and to place the magnetic head in a parking zone thereof when the disk stops rotating. The magnetic head parking system includes... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031103 | Hard disk drive having disk locking apparatus utilizing offset dummy slider/suspension arrangement A hard disk drive having a disk storing data, a spindle motor rotating the disk, an actuator having two arms disposed at both sides of the disk, and a disk locking apparatus locking the disk not to rotate by closely contacting a side surface of the disk when the dis... | 04/18/2006 |
