Patents by Inventor Lee Schultz

Lee Schultz 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).

  • Head retract assembly for disk drive
    Patent number: 6324033
    Abstract: A disk drive has a frame for receiving and retaining a disk cartridge which includes a disk therein, such disk being rotatable about a first axis perpendicular to the frame and cartridge. An actuator is mounted to the frame and is movable a first lesser amount from a first position to a second position and a second greater amount from the first position to a third position. A retract/eject lever is also mounted to the frame, is rotatable on an axis parallel to the first axis by the actuator, and is biased to a resting position. The actuator upon being moved to the second position rotates the retract/eject lever into a head-retracting position. The actuator upon being moved to the third position rotates the retract/eject lever to the head-retracting position and then to a cartridge-ejecting position. A head assembly is mounted to the frame and is movable toward and away from the retained disk cartridge and the disk therein for reading data from/writing data to such disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Iomega Corporation
    Inventors: Walter E. Broom, Mark A. Swenson, Lee Schultz
  • Commonly actuated head retract assembly and cartridge transport assembly for disk drive
    Patent number: 6292327
    Abstract: A disk drive has a frame for receiving and retaining a disk cartridge which includes a disk therein, such disk being rotatable about a first axis perpendicular to the frame and cartridge. An actuator is mounted to the frame and is movable a first lesser amount from a first position to a second position and a second greater amount from the first position to a third position. A retract/eject lever is also mounted to the frame, is rotatable on an axis parallel to the first axis by the actuator, and is biased to a resting position. The actuator upon being moved to the second position rotates the retract/eject lever into a head-retracting position. The actuator upon being moved to the third position rotates the retract/eject lever to the head-retracting position and then to a cartridge-ejecting position. A head assembly is mounted to the frame and is movable toward and away from the retained disk cartridge and the disk therein for reading data from/writing data to such disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Iomega Corporation
    Inventors: Walter E. Broom, Mark A. Swenson, Lee Schultz
  • Storage device enclosure
    Patent number: D447747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Iomega Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis Duane Ogden, Lee Schultz, Richard Watson, Alexander Muller
  • Translucent storage device enclosure
    Patent number: D450694
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Iomega Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis Duane Ogden, Lee Schultz, Richard Watson, Alexander Muller