Patents Assigned to Shugart Technology
  • Fixed hard disc drive assembly and clean air system
    Patent number: 4367502
    Abstract: A disc drive assembly including a main housing containing a plurality of stacked discs supported on a rotating spindle is disclosed herein. This assembly also includes an air filter arrangement which defines a path of circulating air confined to a generally planar area within the housing. The support spindle includes a slot and an array of holes for directing the circulating air towards the discs in order to provide thermal balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1983
    Assignee: Shugart Technology
    Inventors: Syed H. Iftikar, David L. Reeck
  • Hard fixed disc drive assembly and read-write head actuator
    Patent number: 4323939
    Abstract: A hard fixed head disc drive assembly having a rotating record disc with a transducer cooperating with the surface of the disc. The transducer is mounted on a carriage which has three spaced, grooved bearings, two of which are received by a fixed cylindrical track, the third bearing engages a spring-loaded cylindrical track which urges said first two bearings against said fixed track, whereby the carriage is centered on said tracks for movement therealong radially of said disc surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1982
    Assignee: Shugart Technology
    Inventors: Syed H. Iftikar, David L. Reeck
  • Disc drive assembly
    Patent number: D264340
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1982
    Assignee: Shugart Technology
    Inventors: Syed H. Iftikar, David L. Reeck, Alan F. Shugart