Patents by Inventor Gary M. Peter

Gary M. Peter 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).

  • Compliant hard disk assembly for a recording/reproducing device
    Patent number: 5422768
    Abstract: To minimize unwanted motion in a hard disk assembly in a hard disk drive, an elastomeric support is employed to mount a hard disk pack for rotation by a motor rotor of a disk spindle motor. The hard disk pack includes a hard disk support ring which has opposite annular axial faces upon which the hard disks are securely mounted and axially spaced thereby. An elastomeric connection between the hard disk support ring and a cylindrical body of the motor rotor of the disk spindle motor, provides a soft, or compliant, support for the hard disk pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Donald P. Roehling, Gary M. Peter