Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a sensor device including a plurality of sensors, a failure determination device that monitors the plurality of sensors at preset periods, identifies a failed sensor among the plurality of sensors, and determines transmission data to be transmitted to a server using faulty data obtained by the failed sensor, a communication device that transmits the transmission data to the server and receives virtual data generated by the server in correspondence with the transmission data from the server, and an autonomous driving controller that performs autonomous driving control for a host vehicle using at least one of the virtual data, the transmission data, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: A compressor including a shaft, a flange to support shaft, and a muffler to reduce noise generated in a compression chamber of the compressor. The flange including a plurality of noise reductions units each of which is formed to have a different volume and at least a portion of the noise reduction unit is covered by the muffler.

Abstract: In a substrate processing method, a cleaning process is performed at a first temperature to remove a portion of a cumulative layer that is deposited within a chamber by deposition processes (step 1). The deposition processes are performed at the first temperature on a plurality of substrates within the chamber respectively (step 2). The step 1 and the step 2 are performed alternately and repeatedly.

Abstract: A robot vacuum cleaner that may increase cleaning efficiency around obstacles includes a main body having an intake to suck in dust and air while the main body is driven on a floor, a shutter installed in front of the intake to be able to move from the main body toward the floor, and a shutter driver configured to supply power to move the shutter.

Abstract: In a substrate processing method, a cleaning process is performed at a first temperature to remove a portion of a cumulative layer that is deposited within a chamber by deposition processes (step 1). The deposition processes are performed at the first temperature on a plurality of substrates within the chamber respectively (step 2). The step 1 and the step 2 are performed alternately and repeatedly.

Abstract: A showerhead includes a body configured to receive a reaction gas, a nozzle on the body configured to inject the reaction gas to a substrate, and a plurality of conducting members in thermal contact with the body to conduct heat generated from the substrate.

Abstract: A base member including two-step recesses and a hard disk drive (HDD) including the same. The HDD includes a base member; a spindle motor installed in the base member; a data storage disk assembled to the spindle motor; and an actuator rotatably installed in the base member and for moving a read/write head to a desired position on the disk, wherein the base member includes: a first floor surface disposed in a region facing the disk and having a center portion in which the spindle motor is installed; a shroud formed on a circumference of the first floor surface and extending the exterior circumference of the disk; and two-step recesses formed in an operating region of the actuator, wherein the two-step recesses comprise a first step recess formed on the first floor surface and a second step recess formed on a floor surface of the first step recess.

Abstract: A hard disk drive (HDD) includes a base including a voice coil motor (VCM) which drives an actuator, a cover combined with an upper surface of the base, and a magnetic leakage flux reducer adjacent to the VCM to reduce a magnetic leakage flux leaked from the VCM. Therefore, the HDD includes a simple structure to be made light and reduces the magnetic leakage flux which affects the VCM.

Abstract: A base member including two-step recesses and a hard disk drive (HDD) including the same. The HDD includes a base member; a spindle motor installed in the base member; a data storage disk assembled to the spindle motor; and an actuator rotatably installed in the base member and for moving a read/write head to a desired position on the disk, wherein the base member includes: a first floor surface disposed in a region facing the disk and having a center portion in which the spindle motor is installed; a shroud formed on a circumference of the first floor surface and extending the exterior circumference of the disk; and two-step recesses formed in an operating region of the actuator, wherein the two-step recesses comprise a first step recess formed on the first floor surface and a second step recess formed on a floor surface of the first step recess.

Abstract: A spindle motor assembly includes a spindle motor, a disk for storing data, the disk being installed on the spindle motor, and a disk clamp for fixing the disk to the spindle motor. The disk clamp includes a hollow formed in a central portion thereof, a coupling portion formed around an external circumference of the hollow and including a plurality of screw insertion holes into which clamp fastening screws to be coupled to the spindle motor are inserted, and a pressing portion formed around an external circumference of the coupling portion to press the disk. The coupling portion includes a first region and a second region that are asymmetrical with respect to each other, the plurality of screw insertion holes are formed in the first region only, and a thickness extension portion or a through hole is formed in at least a portion of the second region.

Abstract: A hard disk drive (HDD) apparatus includes a connector combined with a side of a printed circuit board (PCB) and with a connection terminal of a flexible printed cable (FPC), a flip pivotably combined with the connector to lock the connection terminal into and unlock the connection terminal from the connector, and an area increasing and strength reinforcing portion formed at the flip to increase a handling area of the flip and reinforce strength of the flip.

Abstract: A hard disk drive, in which a flexible printed circuit board (FPC) bracket is readily assembled and sealed to a base together with a gasket header even though a screw or a sealing tape that involves a screw driver or other assembling tools is not used, or a boss of the base is not tapped.

Abstract: The invention includes a disk damper containing an extended area located on the upstream side of the head stack assembly. The extended area is joined to a tail section. In the extended area, the disk damper provides a wall near the neighboring rotating disk surface that extends from the outside diameter to the inside diameter of the rotating disk surface. Experimental results have shown that this provides much more consistent dampening of disk vibrations and vibrations of a head stack assembly positioned anywhere from the inside diameter to the outside diameter. The hard disk drive including the disk damper. Using the disk damper in a hard disk drive to improve the reliability of the hard disk drive during track following. Making the hard disk drive using the disk damper, and the hard disk drive as a product of that manufacturing process.

Abstract: A rotor blade and an HDD (hard disk drive) having the same, wherein the rotor blade is mounted together with a disk-shaped data storing medium on a spindle motor of the HDD to rotate coaxially with the disk-shaped data storing medium. The rotor blade includes a plurality of blades to increase a floating force applied to a slider that records or reads data on or from the disk-shaped data storing medium by increasing a speed of an airflow in an inner region of the disk-shaped data storing medium.

Abstract: A hard disk drive (HDD) includes a base including a voice coil motor (VCM) which drives an actuator, a cover combined with an upper surface of the base, and a magnetic leakage flux reducer adjacent to the VCM to reduce a magnetic leakage flux leaked from the VCM. Therefore, the HDD includes a simple structure to be made light and reduces the magnetic leakage flux which affects the VCM.

Abstract: A hard disk drive (HDD) apparatus includes a connector combined with a side of a printed circuit board (PCB) and with a connection terminal of a flexible printed cable (FPC), a flip pivotably combined with the connector to lock the connection terminal into and unlock the connection terminal from the connector, and an area increasing and strength reinforcing portion formed at the flip to increase a handling area of the flip and reinforce strength of the flip.

Abstract: A hard disk drive (HDD) and method, with the HDD including a housing, having a base member and a cover member attached to each other, a plurality of disks, rotatably stacked on the base member and spaced apart from one another, an actuator installed on the base member to rotate around a pivot and fixedly supporting, on its leading end, a slider on which a magnetic head for recording or reproducing data to or from the disks is mounted, and a damper, disposed between the stacked disks, wherein a groove is formed on surfaces of the damper facing the disks.

Abstract: A rotor blade and an HDD (hard disk drive) having the same, wherein the rotor blade is mounted together with a disk-shaped data storing medium on a spindle motor of the HDD to rotate coaxially with the disk-shaped data storing medium. The rotor blade includes a plurality of blades to increase a floating force applied to a slider that records or reads data on or from the disk-shaped data storing medium by increasing a speed of an airflow in an inner region of the disk-shaped data storing medium.

Abstract: A hard disk drive with an air circulation unit. The hard disk drive includes a housing having a base and a cover, a spindle motor installed on the base, a disk mounted on the spindle motor to store data, an actuator pivotally installed on the base and having a read/write head to write data on the disk or to reproduce the data from the disk, and an air circulation unit installed in the housing to circulate air vertically in the housing by moving air flow produced by rotation of the disk vertically. The air circulation unit may be arranged around the disk so that the air circulation unit is positioned adjacent to an edge of the disk. In particular, the air circulation unit may be installed at a position opposite to the actuator with respect to a center of the disk.

Abstract: The invention includes a disk damper containing an extended area located on the upstream side of the head stack assembly. The extended area is joined to a tail section. In the extended area, the disk damper provides a wall near the neighboring rotating disk surface that extends from the outside diameter to the inside diameter of the rotating disk surface. Experimental results have shown that this provides much more consistent dampening of disk vibrations and vibrations of a head stack assembly positioned anywhere from the inside diameter to the outside diameter. The hard disk drive including the disk damper. Using the disk damper in a hard disk drive to improve the reliability of the hard disk drive during track following. Making the hard disk drive using the disk damper, and the hard disk drive as a product of that manufacturing process.