Patents by Inventor Edmund Harbuz

Edmund Harbuz 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 for aligning actuator assembly to a base in a miniature optical disk drive
    Patent number: 6826138
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for aligning a rotating device such as an actuator assembly to a base of, for example, a disk drive. The device is rotatably mounted to the base about the pivot pin. The method may involve adjusting the angular position of the pivot pin relative to the base unless or until the actuator assembly rotates in a first plane parallel to a second plane containing a surface of the data storage disk. In one embodiment, the data storage disk is mounted for rotation on a disk rotation motor. The disk rotation motor, in turn, is mounted to a base. With the device positioned between the base and the data storage disk, the device is rotated about the pivot pin. While the device is rotated about the pivot pin, electrical current is provided to the device. The magnitude of the electrical current is proportional or inversely proportional to a distance D separating the device from the data storage disk. The electrical current is monitored as the device rotates about the pivot pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: DPHI Acquisitions, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Abrahamson, Robert D. Freeman, Edmund Harbuz, Brian Lee Rappel, Peter J. Raymond
  • Method for aligning actuator assembly to a base in a miniature optical disk drive
    Publication number: 20030043717
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for aligning a rotating device such as an actuator assembly to a base of, for example, a disk drive. The device is rotatably mounted to the base about the pivot pin. The method may involve adjusting the angular position of the pivot pin relative to the base unless or until the actuator assembly rotates in a first plane parallel to a second plane containing a surface of the data storage disk. In one embodiment, the data storage disk is mounted for rotation on a disk rotation motor. The disk rotation motor, in turn, is mounted to a base. With the device positioned between the base and the data storage disk, the device is rotated about the pivot pin. While the device is rotated about the pivot pin, electrical current is provided to the device. The magnitude of the electrical current is proportional or inversely proportional to a distance D separating the device from the data storage disk. The electrical current is monitored as the device rotates about the pivot pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Scott D. Abrahamson, Robert D. Freeman, Edmund Harbuz, Brian Lee Rappel, Peter J. Raymond