Patents by Inventor Jon Patrick Baker

Jon Patrick Baker 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).

  • Actuator arm bumper in a disc drive
    Patent number: 5864444
    Abstract: An actuator arm bumper for dampening contact between a surface of an actuator arm and a surface of a disc in a disc drive. The actuator arm bumper comprises a non-marring, non-particulating and durable material such as polycarbonate which extends through and beyond the cross-sectional thickness of the actuator arm. The actuator arm bumper is formed from a sphere or rod of polycarbonate material which is placed into an opening of the actuator arm and deformed using a heat staking or crimping operation. A ramp loading installation tool is also used to simultaneously form all of the actuator arm bumpers in the actuator arms of the disc drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Seagate Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Patrick Baker, Kenneth Lee Pottebaum