| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6549379 |
Unified disc drive top cover and voice coil motor pole |
April 15, 2003 |
| A disc drive is disclosed that incorporates a voice coil motor pole into the drive cover. The disc drive has an actuator assembly mounted adjacent the storage disc that carries a trasducer at one end for transferring data to and from the disc, and a voice coil motor for rotating the actu |
| 6005751 |
Recording head skewed read gap/write gap positioning |
December 21, 1999 |
| In a rotary actuator for positioning a dual gap magnetic head relative to a track on a rotating recording medium, a read gap is positioned in a tunnel margin of a write gap. The tunnel margin defines positioning parameters for the read gap regardless of the skew angle introduced by a rot |
| 5982581 |
Disc clamp with head clearance |
November 9, 1999 |
| The present invention includes a data disc support assembly for supporting a data disc relative to a head so data on a surface of the disc is accessible by the head. The support assembly includes a hub which has first and second axial ends and a flange extending from the second axial |
| 5844748 |
Disc drive spindle motor with controlled resistance pathway from disc to ground |
December 1, 1998 |
| A disc drive for storing and retrieving data from at least one memory storage disc includes a drive base and a spindle motor. The spindle motor includes a rotor hub, a shaft, a bearing unit. The bearing unit rotatably supports the rotor hub about an axis. A controlled resistance electric |
| 5729404 |
Disc drive spindle motor with rotor isolation and controlled resistance electrical pathway from |
March 17, 1998 |
| A disc drive for storing and retrieving data from at least one memory storage disc includes a drive base and a spindle motor. The spindle motor includes a rotor hub, a shaft, a bearing unit. The bearing unit rotatably supports the rotor hub about an axis. A controlled resistance electric |
| 5537272 |
Spindle balance device for a hard disk drive assembly |
July 16, 1996 |
| A spindle balancing device (10) for a hard disk drive assembly (12) having a spindle (11) mounted for rotation about a longitudinal axis (13) thereof. The balance device (10) includes a rigid, substantially flat weight member (17) formed and dimensioned to movably mount to an end sur |
| 5485331 |
High resistivity bearing balls for spindle motor isolation |
January 16, 1996 |
| A disc drive for storing and retrieving data from at least one memory storage disc includes a drive base and a spindle motor. The spindle motor includes a rotor hub, a shaft, a bearing sleeve, and a bearing unit. The bearing unit is operably coupled to the rotor hub and includes an inner |
| 4982883 |
Ski and pole carrier |
January 8, 1991 |
| A fanny-pack with a shoulder harness allowing a skier to securely, comfortably, and with hands free, carry and transport, to and from ski lifts, skis, poles, and ski accessories. The basic ski carrier comprises a carrier worn around the waist and below the small of the back in combin |
