Patents by Inventor David Wobbe

David Wobbe 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).

  • Method and apparatus used for determining friction between slider and rotating data storage medium
    Patent number: 8869590
    Abstract: A flexible member is coupled between an actuator arm and a slider. The flexible member facilitates relative motion in a tangential direction of a rotating medium. The relative motion is detected via a displacement sensor, and a friction between the slider and the rotating medium is determined based on the sensed relative motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Huiwen Liu, David Wobbe, Xuan Zheng, Timothy William Stoebe
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS USED FOR DETERMINING FRICTION BETWEEN SLIDER AND ROTATING DATA STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20140133053
    Abstract: A flexible member is coupled between an actuator arm and a slider. The flexible member facilitates relative motion in a tangential direction of a rotating medium. The relative motion is detected via a displacement sensor, and a friction between the slider and the rotating medium is determined based on the sensed relative motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Huiwen Liu, David Wobbe, Xuan Zheng, Timothy William Stoebe
  • Structures for attaching a head gimbal assembly and an actuator arm
    Publication number: 20070139821
    Abstract: An assembly for attaching a first element to a second element. The assembly includes a first non-metallic connecting member. The first non-metallic connecting member includes a first member having a first surface and a second member. The second member extends substantially perpendicular from a first end adjacent the first surface to a second end and has an outer surface. Apertures in the first and second elements receive the second member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Andrew White, David Wobbe, Andrew Putzy, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou
  • Clean suspension assembly
    Publication number: 20050128643
    Abstract: A clean suspension assembly for capturing particles carried by airflow along the suspension assembly includes an opening formed in the suspension assembly, and a particle capture device attached to the suspension assembly. In a further embodiment, the suspension assembly also includes a deflector located adjacent the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: David Wobbe, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou