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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8009385 | High density array system with active movable media drawers A storage system is provided having at least one storage unit, the storage unit including an electrical power source, a communication source and a cover that defines, at least in part an interior space. The storage system operates with a media blade that comprises a... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7441320 | Method of validating manufacturing configurations during hardware assembly The present invention is a method and system for manufacturing an electronic device, such as a data storage device. The method includes generating a register including a desired device configuration. The register may include an identifier and radio signal informatio... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7430094 | Disk changer and disk holder fastening method thereof The disk changer comprises a disk holder and a casing. The disk holder has a holder bottom wall and a fastening hole therein, and the fastening hole has a position part. The casing has a holder receiving space and a bottom plate thereof. The holder receiving space i... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428122 | Hermetically sealed disk drive with low height An assembly structure low in height and suitable for downsizing and for high hermeticity sealing in a micro hard disk drive is provided. Burrings projecting toward a top cover and having an internal thread cut are formed on a base plate where the top cover is screw-... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7411793 | Optical disk device An optical disk device of the present invention has a main PC board carrying a semiconductor element and attached at the rear of a drawer to efficiently dissipate a heat generated from the semiconductor element. The drawer is formed of a material having good thermal... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7394616 | Storage apparatus casing with interchangeable disk drive and control boxes The invention provides a casing for a storage apparatus having a first receiving portion for receiving a disc drive box in which a plurality of disc drives are received in a line, the first receiving portion being approximately equal in height and width to the disc ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7375922 | Mounting apparatus for data storage device A mounting apparatus for securing a data storage device (10) defining a number of fixing apertures (101) includes a bracket assembly (20), and a number of resilient gaskets (30). The bracket assembly comprises a first bracket (210)... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372662 | Base deck with formed-in-place gaskets and impact dissipation members for a data storage device A base deck is provided and includes a base plate having a plurality of parallel surfaces and a plurality of gasket retention grooves formed. A first gasket retention groove is formed in one of the plurality of parallel surfaces that is proximate a top cover. A seco... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365971 | Mounting mechanism for storage device A mounting mechanism includes a computer chassis (20), a bracket (30) defining a pair of slideways (341, 342) in a sidewall (34) thereof for receiving corresponding sliding members (12) of a storage device (10), a power supp... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7325410 | IT equipment cooling A system for cooling gas heated by passing the gas over heat-producing equipment to cool the equipment comprises a heat exchanger including a first heat transfer mechanism configured to transfer heat from the heated gas to a first coolant, and a first condensing mod... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7315452 | Optical disk device An optical disk device of the present invention has a main PC board carrying a semiconductor element and attached at the rear of a drawer to efficiently dissipate a heat generated from the semiconductor element. The drawer is formed of a material having good thermal... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7304820 | Method of positioning disk-shaped medium The method of positioning a disk-shaped medium is capable of precisely positioning the center of the disk-shape medium with respect to a center of a rotary shaft. The method comprises the steps of: inserting a cylindrical hub into a center hole of the disk-shaped me... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301776 | Light-weight flash hard drive with plastic frame A light-weight flash hard drive includes a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) mounted in a housing formed by a plastic frame and a pair of metal panels that are mounted on the plastic frame over the PCBA. The PCBA includes a PC board and a plug connector that is ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292407 | Disk drive with support structure for disk-vibration capacitive sensors A data recording disk drive has one or more capacitive sensors for sensing out-of-plane vibration of the disk or disks. The sensors are attached to a support structure that is attached to the disk drive housing. Each sensor is associated with a disk and faces a surf... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289285 | Information storage systems An information storage apparatus includes a storage media including a plurality of information tracks. Each storage medium has a head assembly having a substantially planar surface and a plurality of read/write heads positioned in registry with the information track... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7271974 | Method of self servo write with low density gas Embodiments of the invention provide a disk device capable of writing highly accurate servo data using an extremely simple technique, and a manufacturing method therefor. According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a disk device includes: mounting a magn... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7271345 | Method and apparatus for attenuating flexible circuit resonance The present invention includes a method and apparatus for attenuating flexible circuit resonance. The apparatus includes a flexible circuit assembly. The flexible circuit assembly has a flexible circuit having a flexible cable with first and second sides. The flexib... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7259963 | Rack height cooling A data center includes an electronic equipment rack having a front face and a back face and a cooling unit positioned adjacent to the rack, the cooling unit having a front face and a back face, the cooling unit being configured to exhaust cooled air from the front f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7239593 | Magnetic disk device and electronic apparatus for mounting the magnetic disk device thereto A magnetic disk device is removable from an apparatus body includes a case, a driving unit, and a connector. The driving unit is installed in the case, and includes a magnetic disk and a rotary driver for rotationally driving the magnetic disk. The connector connect... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236331 | System and method to provide a ramp having a location which is transitioning from a first grade to a second grade for removing a read/write head from a media Methods to provide a ramp to remove a read/write head connected with a suspension from a media in accordance with the present invention can comprise calculating a grade of one or more surfaces having a plurality of progressively shallower grades. A transition betwee... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234150 | Method and apparatus for controlling a disk drive When an action for turning off the power of a host computer is performed, the host computer transmits control information to a disk drive to the effect that chucking should be canceled. Accordingly, the disk drive cancels chucking of a disk and transmits information... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7212377 | Disk drive having apertures near the ID of a disk stack for allowing airflow to pass through the apertures to reduce disk flutter A disk drive includes a disk clamp for clamping a plurality of disks to a spindle motor, and a disk spacer positioned between first and second disks. The first disk has a plurality of first disk through apertures adjacent its inner diameter. The first disk through a... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7199963 | Method of performing self-servo write using a helium environment Methods of performing self-servo write using a helium environment are provided. In one embodiment, a recording disk is placed in an enclosure. The enclosure is filled with a gas that is substantially helium. Self-servo write is used to write circular track positioni... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7187518 | Flexible printed circuit for spindle motor and disk drive having the same A flexible printed circuit (FPC), electrically connecting a spindle motor on a base of a disk drive with a printed circuit board (PCB) outside of the base, and a disk drive including the FPC, are provided. The FPC includes a wiring portion having one end connected t... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178155 | Recording medium apparatus capable of loading and unloading a plurality of types of recording media A recording medium apparatus capable of loading a plurality of types of recording media is disclosed. The recording medium apparatus is operable for loading a recording medium having a terminal at a front edge side thereof with respect to an insertion direction and ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173821 | Computer rack with power distribution system The invention relates to a computer rack, frame or system having a direct current power supply positioned at the upper portion of the rack. In one variation, the DC power supply is placed in the highest shelf in the computer rack. In another variation, the DC power ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170718 | Wiring body with flexure sheet connecting the head slider and the driving unit in a disk apparatus To provide a disk apparatus that can enhance reliability of a head wiring and a driving wiring, a disk apparatus includes a head slider, an arm, a driving unit, a wiring body provided for supplying a head mounted on the head slider with a head current used for signa... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167961 | Single head disk drive having backup system information and method of recording and/or reading system information thereof A disk drive having a single head for recording data on and reading data from a disk-type recording medium, the disk drive including: a spindle motor to rotate the disk-type recording medium; and a controller to drive the spindle motor and the single head. The contr... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165314 | Method for manufacturing a magnetic head arm assembly (HAA) A system and method for an improved magnetic head arm assembly (HAA) is disclosed. The HAA includes three principal components, a head gimbal assembly (HGA), a flexible printed circuit (FPC) assembly, and an actuator coil assembly. The design allows for HAA rigidity... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7154697 | Vertically-oriented servo track writer and method A vertically-oriented servo track writer assembly and method for recording servo pattern on a disc surface includes a spindle hub assembly that rotates one or more discs in a substantially vertical plane and an actuator assembly that pivots an E-block about a substa... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7126817 | Hard disk-mounting module A hard disk-mounting module includes a drawable mounting frame and at least one tray member. The mounting frame includes a frame body, and at least one electrical connector mounted on the frame body and adapted for electrical connection with a hard disk. The tray me... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123440 | Hermetically sealed electronics arrangement and approach A hermetic sealing approach involves welding an Aluminum cover onto a low-cost Aluminum housing. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, a metal housing having a base and sidewalls extending upward therefrom is adapted to receive and couple to a... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121859 | Flexible cable interconnect assembly A data transmission interconnect assembly capable of transmission speeds in excess of 40 Gbps in which, for example, a line-card is detachably coupled to a backplane using flexible flat cables that are bent to provide a continuous, smooth curve between the connected... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7113364 | Storage apparatus casing with interchangeable disk drive and control boxes The invention provides a casing for a storage apparatus having a first receiving portion for receiving a disc drive box in which a plurality of disc drives are received in a line, the first receiving portion being approximately equal in height and width to the disc ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106582 | Shock mount assembly for attachment of an electronic device to a support structure A mechanical-shock-mount assembly enables attachment of a mechanical-shock-sensitive electronic device to a support structure. Two identical shock-mount structures are attached and located on opposite sides of an electronic device. Each shock-mount structure has a p... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099109 | Hard disk drive having air flow accelerating device A hard disk drive having an air flow accelerator for improving taking-off and landing of a slider on a surface of a disk. The hard disk drive includes a spindle motor and a disk for storing data which is rotated by the spindle motor. The slider includes a magnetic h... | 08/29/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7055157 | Loading motor control device of optical disc player A loading motor control device of an optical device, which controls a loading motor to move a tray for loading or unloading a disc, and to raise and lower a pickup deck. The loading motor control device includes an optical sensor that has a light-emitting portion an... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050296 | Retaining device for expansion cards A retaining device for expansion cards includes a retaining bracket (3) and a computer rear panel (4). The retaining bracket includes a pressing body (32), two operating arms (34) extending from respective opposite ends of the pressing bo... | 05/23/2006 |
