Patents by Inventor Howard Sohm

Howard Sohm 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).

  • Apparatus for centering a disc clamp on a disc pack in a disc drive
    Patent number: 6603636
    Abstract: A disc tolerance ring for centering a disc clamp on a spindle hub. The disc tolerance ring has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is located between an inner edge of the disc clamp and an outer surface of the spindle hub. In specific embodiments, the disc tolerance ring has a first circumferential section and a second circumferential section and the first circumferential section is a continuous band and the second circumferential section includes alternating notches and members depending from the first circumferential section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Mark Allen Schwandt, Howard Sohm, Kimber Lee Skidmore
  • Disc clamp tolerance ring
    Publication number: 20020109939
    Abstract: A disc tolerance ring for centering a disc clamp on a spindle hub. The disc tolerance ring has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is located between an inner edge of the disc clamp and an outer surface of the spindle hub. In specific embodiments, the disc tolerance ring has a first circumferential section and a second circumferential section and the first circumferential section is a continuous band and the second circumferential section includes alternating notches and members depending from the first circumferential section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Mark Allen Schwandt, Howard Sohm, Kimber Lee Skidmore