Patents by Inventor Kenichi Iimura

Kenichi Iimura 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).

  • Patent number: 6483659
    Abstract: A disk drive capable of controlling two or more high-response small-stroke precise-movement actuators and a low-response large-stroke rough-movement actuator to be operated in cooperation with each other so that two or more heads can be fast and precisely positioned at a time by those actuators. The disk drive includes a rough-movement actuator having a stroke enough to cover all disk, a first precise-movement actuator having a small stroke, and a second precise-movement actuator having a small stroke, wherein a head is positioned at a track on a disk surface by the first precise-movement actuator, at the same time a head is positioned at a track on a second disk surface by the second precise-movement actuator, and the rough-movement actuator is operated to follow and to be brought to a center position between the located heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahito Kobayashi, Takashi Yamaguchi, Kenichi Iimura, Irizo Naniwa