Patents by Inventor Bruce L. Blakeslee

Bruce L. Blakeslee 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).

  • Actuator shock snubber
    Patent number: 6473270
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing deflection of an actuator assembly within a head disc assembly in a disc drive during a mechanical shock event. A snubber is fastened to a stationary portion of the head disc assembly and has a snubber body and two or more snubber arms connected to the snubber body. The adjacent snubber arms form slots therebetween. A portion of the actuator assembly may be inserted into each of the slots whereby the snubber arms will reduce the deflective movement of the actuator assembly during a mechanical shock event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Seagate Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ted Randal McDonald, Frederick Frank Kazmierczak, Ryan Andrew Sievers, Jeff Gerard Barina, Robert Terry Haas, Russel Edward Rock, Bruce L. Blakeslee
  • Apparatus for mounting a magnetic head on a suspension arm
    Patent number: 4964941
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for positioning a magnetic read/write head with precision orientation on a suspension assembly arm. The arm contains a plurality of mounting indicia. Computer controlled apparatus, including an optics system, scans the mounting indicia and the head and mounts the head on a predetermined desired location on the arm and with the desired orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kim Von Brandt, Bruce L. Blakeslee, John Keil, Jr., Robert D. Stroud