Patents by Inventor Ming Ying Wang

Ming Ying Wang 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: 8605384
    Abstract: A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head, a disk surface, and a voice coil motor (VCM) and a microactuator operable to actuate the head over the disk surface. A sensitivity of the microactuator is periodically measured over a lifetime of the microactuator. Each measured sensitivity is stored in a timeline log, wherein the timeline log represents a degradation curve of the microactuator over the lifetime of the microactuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yanning Liu, Chuanwen Ji, Duc T. Phan, Ming Ying Wang