Patents by Inventor Kermit Ray Harmon

Kermit Ray Harmon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Head gimbal assembly loader
    Patent number: 7542868
    Abstract: A method of loading a head gimbal assembly on a disc includes attaching an unmounted head gimbal assembly to a four bar loader. The four bar loader includes a fixed plate, a pivot plate, and a four bar linkage connecting the fixed plate to the pivot plate. The four bar loader is then used to tilt the attached head gimbal assembly toward the surface of the disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Seagate Technology, LLC.
    Inventors: Brett Robert Herdendorf, Michael Steven Quam, Andrew Michael Blair, Ronald Eldon Anderson, Kermit Ray Harmon
  • Method and apparatus for head gimbal assembly testing
    Patent number: 7529635
    Abstract: A method for dynamic electrical testing of head gimbal assemblies may include initiating an automated continuous process that includes selecting an unmounted head gimbal assembly; aligning the unmounted head gimbal assembly; loading the unmounted head gimbal assembly to a disc; and testing the unmounted head gimbal assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Seagate Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Eldon Anderson, Andrew Michael Blair, Dale Allen Blomgren, Kermit Ray Harmon, Brett Robert Herdendorf, Justin Lee Holwell, Philip Louis Johnson, Mujahid Akbar Khan, Klaus Obergfell, Steven Ivars Palks, Michael Steven Quam, David Allen Reints, Michael John Roe, Steven Ernest Wheeler