Patents by Inventor Mujahid Akbar Khan

Mujahid Akbar Khan 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).

  • 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
  • Solderless electrical connection for testing head gimbal assemblies
    Patent number: 7509224
    Abstract: A method for making an electrical connection between a head gimbal assembly and a tester. The method includes providing a solderless connector including a housing with bores extending from a first side of the housing to a second opposed side of the housing, and conductors within the bores of the housing. The conductors have a first end protruding from the first side of the housing and a second end protruding from the second side of the housing. The solderless connector is positioned so the first end of the conductor engages the conductive pad of the tester, and a clamp is applied to the first side of the electrical contact on the head gimbal assembly to urge the second side of the electrical contact against the second end of the conductor on the solderless connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Justin Lee Holwell, Mujahid Akbar Khan, Andrew Michael Blair, Brett Robert Herdendorf, Steven Ernest Wheeler