Patents by Inventor Prakash Poobalan

Prakash Poobalan 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).

  • Media flip and cassette exchange apparatus and method
    Patent number: 8485772
    Abstract: An apparatus for arranging disks in a processing cassette includes a first conveyor configured to transfer a shipping cassette containing a plurality of disks to a first position and a comb assembly configured to displace one or more of the plurality of disks from the shipping cassette in the first position. A mandrel assembly is configured to remove the one or more displaced disks from the comb assembly and a turntable assembly is configured to rotate the comb assembly and the shipping cassette from the first position to a second position. The mandrel assembly is further configured to return the one or more displaced disks to the comb assembly and the comb assembly is further configured to replace the one or more displaced disks in the shipping cassette in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rosulan Bin Ismail, Prakash Poobalan, Robert M. Tierney, Safri Husin