Patents by Inventor Mark Valen L. Aganon

Mark Valen L. Aganon 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).

  • Disk drive head stack assembly interacting with movement guide for preventing head from contacting the disk during read/write operations
    Patent number: 7821741
    Abstract: One embodiment in accordance with the invention is an apparatus comprising a movement guide that can be utilized with a data storage device. The movement guide can be for preventing a magnetic head of the data storage device from contacting a disk of the data storage device during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands, B.V.
    Inventors: Alfredo Z. Abustan, Jr., Mark Valen L. Aganon
  • Head stack assembly movement guide
    Publication number: 20080158714
    Abstract: One embodiment in accordance with the invention is an apparatus comprising a movement guide that can be utilized with a data storage device. The movement guide can be for preventing a magnetic head of the data storage device from contacting a disk of the data storage device during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Alfredo Z. Abustan, Mark Valen L. Aganon