Patents by Inventor Mike Tatarakis

Mike Tatarakis 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).

  • System and method for integrated spindle balance and contamination control for disk drives
    Publication number: 20070263321
    Abstract: A disk drive comprising a combination disk drive counterbalance and disk clamp seal is provided. The disk drive comprises a spindle for rotating a disk, the spindle comprising a hub. The disk drive further comprises a disk clamp for clamping the disk to the hub and a clamp seal coupled to the disk clamp for sealing the disk clamp from contamination wherein the clamp seal comprises a counter balance weight for balancing rotation of the disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Andre Chan, Robert Lenicheck, Jr-Yi Shen, Mike Tatarakis