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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184397 | Hard-disk drive with vapor-phase lubricant supply system A hard-disk drive. The hard-disk drive includes a disk enclosure, a magnetic-recording disk accommodated in the disk enclosure, and a diffusion suppressing film. The diffusion suppressing film divides the space in the disk enclosure into a first space where the magn... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179632 | Apparatus and method for reducing particle accumulation in a hard disk drive A disk drive spoiler for reducing particle accumulation in a hard disk drive is provided. The spoiler includes a body portion for directing airflow generated by a rotating disk, the rotating disk comprising a middle diameter and an outer diameter wherein the body po... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8164849 | Information storage device with a conductive shield having free and forced heat convection configurations A novel information storage device has a disk drive, a disk drive support structure adapted to maintain the disk drive base in a substantially vertical position, and an electrically conductive shield attached to the disk drive base. The electrically conductive shiel... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159778 | Hard disk drive contamination control A method and system of controlling contamination within an HDD with a surface modified MCM 41/48 material. The method includes encasing the hard disk drive and a mesoporous material in an enclosure of the hard disk drive, wherein the mesoporous material sorbs contam... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159779 | Method and apparatus utilizing shock sensors on storage devices A data storage system with a controller that receives shock data from a shock detection sensor and methods utilizing such a controller are provided. The data storage system controller receives information or signals regarding shock events from a shock sensor, enabli... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8139316 | Disk drive device having airtight structure with improved airtightness A disk drive device is configured such that a wall of a base plate is provided with a through hole that guides a lead from a drive unit outside. The through hole is covered by a sealing sheet having an insertion hole. The lead is guided from inside the housing via t... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8116029 | Contaminant-control material for use in an electronic enclosure A filter material for use in an electronic enclosure. The filter material includes a mixture of carbon and calcium chloride. In some embodiments, the filter material further includes a polyolefin binder, and optionally other ingredients. In one embodiment, the filte... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8102621 | Integrated upstream spoiler and particle filter in a hard-disk drive (HDD) Approaches for integrating an upstream spoiler with a particle filter in a hard-disk drive (HDD). According to an approach, a single part may comprise an upstream spoiler and an opening. The single part has a structure which enables an airborne particle filter to be... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102620 | Isolating an excitation-sensitive component by elastic wave reflection An apparatus and associated method for reflecting elastic waves that propagate from an excitation source to an excitation-sensitive component in a device. The device has an enclosure with a base constructed of a first metal. An elastic wave reflector is constructed ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102618 | System, method and apparatus for disk drive recirculation filter having inlet and outlet disk rim shrouding A hard disk drive has a recirculation filter that shrouds the rims of disks at the inlet and outlet of the filter. The shroud is aerodynamically shaped to reduce flow-induced disk vibration of the read/write head. A significant improvement in non-repeatable run-out ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102619 | Airborne particle trap within an enclosure containing sensitive equipment A method and apparatus for a filter for filtering airborne particles present within an enclosure containing equipment sensitive is provided. The filter may be used within the enclosure of a hard disk drive. The filter may comprise a magnetic plate enclosed by a prot... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098454 | 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... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094408 | Magnetic disk drive sealed with low vapor pressure fluorine oil A sealing type magnetic disc drive comprising a disc, a spindle motor for rotationally driving the disc, a head for recording or reproducing information on the disc, a base on which an actuator assembly is provided to move the head in the radius direction on the dis... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094409 | Method and system for monitoring gas in sealed hard disk drives with feedback A system and method for monitoring the helium content of a disk cavity of a hard disk drive is disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, an oxygen sensor is placed in the disk cavity to monitor the level of oxygen in the cavity. With the measurement of ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089721 | Hermetic seal for discrete opening in disk drive housing A hermetic seal is provided for sealing a discrete opening in a disk drive base plate. The hermetic seal comprises a sealing gasket that is disposed between planar facing surfaces of a component inserted through the opening and a recess formed on the interior of the... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085494 | Airflow diverter in a hard disk drive system An airflow diverter in a hard disk drive system. A top portion configured to couple with a top housing of the disk drive system. A thickness configured to create a top clearance between the diverter and a top actuator arm of the disk drive system wherein the top cle... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077429 | Magnetic disk vibration-suppressing mechanism having shroud-narrowing gap Embodiments in accordance with the present invention relate to greatly decreasing vibrations of a rotary disk at a portion where vibration on the disks is to be suppressed in a vibration-suppressing mechanism for rotary disks while enabling the rotary disks to be in... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077431 | Apparatus and method for reducing turbulence of airflow in a hard disk drive A sickle-shaped disk drive spoiler for reducing turbulence of airflow in a hard disk drive is provided. The sickle-shaped spoiler is configured to direct airflow generated by a rotating disk and includes a tapered first end portion configured to direct the airflow t... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077430 | System and apparatus for mass-balanced spoiler in disk storage devices A system and apparatus for reducing flutter in disk drive spoilers positions the center of mass of the mean aerodynamic section of the spoiler at or ahead of the quarter-chord location nearest the leading edge of the spoiler. A balance weight may be formed in or att... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8068310 | Ribbed base deck to accentuate particle filtration Base decks for data storage systems include a spindle motor region, a medium support region, an enclosure sidewall, and a recessed channel. The spindle motor region is configured to support a spindle motor assembly. The medium support region is beneath a storage med... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8059364 | Hermetically sealed connector interface The present invention relates to preformed seals used in the manufacture of low density gas filled disk drives. The seals may be preformed to facilitate positioning in the disk drive and eliminate the need for manually applied or semi-automatically applied epoxies, ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8035916 | Hard disc drive counter-vibration system One implementation of the present invention may take the form of a system for a hard disc drive counter-vibration device that may absorb rotational vibration or gyration of the hard disc drive module. This mounting device may incorporate at least one soft, plastic s... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027123 | Integrated windage blocker for reduction of flex cable vibration in a disk drive A windage blocker integrated with a base for a hard disk drive is disclosed. One embodiment provides a cavity portion comprising a planar surface defining an inner bottom surface of the cavity, the cavity portion for receiving an actuator assembly, the actuator asse... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8009384 | Cast baseplate for a disk drive having an arcuate shroud wall and adjacent arcuate groove A disk drive includes a cast baseplate, and a disk having a major surface and an outer circumference. The cast baseplate includes a casting inlet gate region, a planar area underlying the disk, an arcuate shroud wall that is substantially orthogonal to the planar ar... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8004791 | Information storage device with a bridge controller and a plurality of electrically coupled conductive shields A novel information storage device is disclosed and claimed. The information storage device includes a disk drive, a disk drive printed circuit board, and a first conductive shield over the disk drive printed circuit board and electrically coupled to the disk drive.... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8004790 | Spoiler with integrated bypass channel wall for HDD applications A spoiler implementable in a hard disk drive. The spoiler includes a structure. The structure includes a diffuser integrated therewith. The structure further includes an extension emanating there from, the extension configured to complete a wall of a bypass channel ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7990650 | Reducing the obstruction of air flow through a bypass channel associated with a disk drive using an electrostatic pass-by filter Embodiments of the present invention pertain to reducing the obstruction of air flow through a bypass channel associated with a disk drive. According to one embodiment, disk drive filtering system includes a selective filtering region, an electrostatic pass-by filte... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986490 | Reduce leakage of low-density gas during low-density gas injection into a disk drive Embodiments of the present invention help to prevent leakage of low-density gas during low-density gas injection into a disk drive device and to perform low-density gas injection efficiently. In a hard disk drive (HDD) according to one embodiment of the present inve... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7961426 | Disk device According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a base having a bottom wall, a motor provided on the base, a disk rotatably supported on the motor, a head, and a head actuator which supports the head for movement with respect to the recording medium. The bottom ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957092 | Magnetic disk drive and method for production thereof Embodiments of the present invention help to provide a magnetic disk drive in which the base and the lid are securely welded together, so that the low-density gas sealed therein is protected from leakage. According to one embodiment, the peripheral surface of the ri... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957093 | Recording head with current controlled gamma ratio A data recording component includes a read transducer and a write transducer. A thermoelectric device generates heat flow between the read transducer and the write transducer. The heat flow is conducted by thermal conductors. A controlled current source provides cur... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957094 | Thermal solution for drive systems such as hard disk drives and digital versatile discs A drive system includes a printed circuit board. A first integrated circuit is associated with the printed circuit board. A drive assembly case is connected to the printed circuit board. A first thermal interface material, wherein (i) the thermal interface material ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7944644 | Rotating disk storage device having a spoiler Embodiments of the present invention effectively control utilizing a spoiler, the windage vibration of a magnetic head caused by the airflow generated in accordance with rotation of a magnetic disk, while reducing the dust flowing in on the downstream side of the sp... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7936534 | Apparatus for supporting a disk drive about a rotation centre which is outside a disk drive receiving portion for reducing vibrations and a disk drive test apparatus using same Apparatus for supporting a disk drive with a rotating disk about a disk axis and an arm which pivots over the disk about an arm axis. The disk axis and the arm axis are perpendicular to the plane of the disk. The apparatus includes a disk drive carrier having a disk... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936533 | System, method and apparatus for wall slot in disk drive bypass channel for enhanced voice coil motor cooling A hard disk drive bypass channel architecture incorporates enhanced cooling for voice coil motors. A cooling slot formed in a bypass channel component that is adjacent to the VCM alleviates VCM overheating problems. The slot compromises airflow from the bypass chann... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7929246 | Magnetic disk drive with spoiler Embodiments of the present invention prevent a magnetic disk drive from increasing in size and in manufacturing cost and reduces a positioning error of a magnetic head. An embodiment of a magnetic disk drive in accordance with the present invention includes: a disk-... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929245 | Damper for use in disk drive data storage applications A damper for a data storage device having a viscoelastic material and a constraint material disposed on the viscoelastic material, the constraint material covers the sides of the viscoelastic material to reduce exposure of the viscoelastic material from debris in th... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929247 | Magnetic disk drive and manufacturing method thereof Embodiments of the present invention allow a cover of a magnetic disk drive to be temporarily joined to a base without widening a mounting space, and completely joined after a head disk assembly (HDA) inspection. According to one embodiment, a cover includes a metal... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924527 | Magnetic disk drive, magnetic disk drive manufacturing method and method of estimating gas amount in magnetic disk drive Embodiments of the present invention provide a magnetic disk drive that can estimate the amount of gas filled in a housing precisely and simply. According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk drive including a housing in which a magnetic disk and a magnetic head are a... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7911733 | 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 c... | 03/22/2011 |
