Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Lumen Intellectual Property, Inc.
  • Disk drives with upstream-oriented heads
    Patent number: 6697216
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a disk drive that comprises at least one head carrying assembly that includes an actuator arm, a suspension attached to the actuator arm, and a head carried by the suspension. Each head is positioned upstream of its actuator arm. This reversed-flow orientation reduces head vibration and disk power requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
    Inventors: Qinghua Zeng, Toshiki Hirano, Tzong-Shii S. Pan, Francis C. Lee