Patents by Inventor Ed Aguilar

Ed Aguilar 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 for mechanically balancing the disk pack of a hard disk drive
    Patent number: 7295400
    Abstract: The invention includes a method making a balanced disk pack for a hard disk drive, from a disk pack including a spindle motor rigidly coupled, and aligned by at least two open screw holes, with a disk clamp. The invention includes the resulting balanced disk packs, as well as hard disk drives built with such balanced disk packs. The invention also includes apparatus providing the means for implementing the steps of making a balanced disk pack from a disk pack. The invention includes at least one mechanical counterbalance for use in balancing the disk pack of a hard disk drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gregory Tran, Ed Aguilar, Shiao-Hua Chen, Woo-Sung (William) Kim
  • Method and apparatus for mechanically balancing the disk pack of a hard disk drive
    Publication number: 20060230600
    Abstract: The invention includes a method making a balanced disk pack for a hard disk drive, from a disk pack including a spindle motor rigidly coupled, and aligned by at least two open screw holes, with a disk clamp. The invention includes the resulting balanced disk packs, as well as hard disk drives built with such balanced disk packs. The invention also includes apparatus providing the means for implementing the steps of making a balanced disk pack from a disk pack. The invention includes at least one mechanical counterbalance for use in balancing the disk pack of a hard disk drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Gregory Tran, Ed Aguilar, Shiao-Hua Chen, Woo-Sung (William) Kim
  • Method and apparatus for mechanically balancing the disk pack of a hard disk drive
    Patent number: 7064923
    Abstract: The invention includes a method making a balanced disk pack for a hard disk drive, from a disk pack including a spindle motor rigidly coupled, and aligned by at least two open screw holes, with a disk clamp. The invention includes the resulting balanced disk packs, as well as hard disk drives built with such balanced disk packs. The invention also includes apparatus providing the means for implementing the steps of making a balanced disk pack from a disk pack. The invention includes at least one mechanical counterbalance for use in balancing the disk pack of a hard disk drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gregory Tran, Ed Aguilar, Shiao-Hua Chen, Woo-Sung (William) Kim
  • Method and apparatus for mechanically balancing the disk pack of a hard disk drive
    Publication number: 20040055144
    Abstract: The invention includes a method making a balanced disk pack for a hard disk drive, from a disk pack including a spindle motor rigidly coupled, and aligned by at least two open screw holes, with a disk clamp. The invention includes the resulting balanced disk packs, as well as hard disk drives built with such balanced disk packs. The invention also includes apparatus providing the means for implementing the steps of making a balanced disk pack from a disk pack. The invention includes at least one mechanical counterbalance for use in balancing the disk pack of a hard disk drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Gregory Tran, Ed Aguilar, Shiao-Hua Chen, Woo-Sung Kim