Patents by Inventor Harold Weaver

Harold Weaver 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).

  • Micro-ball impact tester
    Patent number: 6050127
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for impact response testing of materials such as magnetic discs of a disc drive. The apparatus of the present invention supports a target disc in cooperative relationship with a sub-millimeter impact test ball such that the test ball can be dropped on selected portions of the target disc from selected heights above the target disc. The apparatus permits the method of observing the characteristics of a detent made in the target disc, by use of a high resolution surface profiler, and interpolating the observed characteristics to analytical standards which, for a given test ball size and drop height, indicate the dynamic hardness of the target disc at that test location. A vacuum is used to support the test ball above the disc, and a vacuum release valve is provided to negate the vacuum and release the test ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Seagate Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mukund Channagiri Rao, Harold Weaver Pexton
  • Electronic display with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D797138
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Jason Reiter, Jane Turpin, Pey-Ning Huang, Marc Atwood, Andrew Chipley, Harold Weaver