Patents by Inventor McMahan Coyle Alexander, Jr.

McMahan Coyle Alexander, Jr. 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 including electrical traces integrally formed upon disk drive housing
    Patent number: 6839199
    Abstract: A disk drive for use with a host electronic unit including spindle motor drive circuitry. The disk drive includes a disk drive housing, and a spindle motor rotatably attached to the disk drive housing. The spindle motor includes a stator. The disk drive further includes a host connector attached to the disk drive housing which is operably connectable to the spindle motor drive circuitry for receiving electrical signals from the spindle motor drive circuitry for controlling the spindle motor. The disk drive further includes a stator electrical trace integrally formed upon the disk drive housing from the stator to the host connector for electrically connecting the stator and the host connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: McMahan Coyle Alexander, Jr., William W. Garrett