Patents by Inventor Dave Niss

Dave Niss 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).

  • Reducing vibration of data storage device in a data storage system
    Patent number: 10593370
    Abstract: A data storage system may include multiple data storage devices, such as hard disk drives, a cooling fan, and a sound balancer structure between the fan and the drives. The sound balancer is intentionally positioned where it substantially balances, about the center of rotation of and along at least one axis of a fan-facing storage device, the sound pressure from the fan that impinges upon the fan-facing face of the storage device. This redistribution of the sound pressure suppresses sound pressure-induced torque upon and therefore rotational vibration of the storage device, which in turn enhances the track following capability of the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaomin Xiong, Toshiki Hirano, Satoshi Yamamoto, Jeff Wilke, Dave Niss