Patents by Inventor OMAR C. OSORIO

OMAR C. OSORIO 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 to align a boss of a head gimbal assembly to a boss hole of an actuator arm for disk drive assembly
    Patent number: 8996143
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system comprising: an alignment pin to be positioned adjacent to the boss hole (BH) of an actuator arm (AA); an actuator coupled to the alignment pin to move the alignment pin; an imaging device; and a computing device that performs operations including: commanding the imaging device to produce an image of the position of the alignment pin relative to the BH of the AA; commanding the HGA to be positioned in the AA such that the boss of the HGA is adjacent to the BH of the AA; and, based on the image, commanding the actuator to move the alignment pin such that the alignment pin is concentric relative to the BH and to move the alignment pin through an opening of the boss of the HGA such that the boss of the HGA is concentric and aligned with the BH of the AA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jambunathan Vangal-Ramamurthy, Omar C. Osorio
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ALIGN A BOSS OF A HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY TO A BOSS HOLE OF AN ACTUATOR ARM FOR DISK DRIVE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20130057986
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system comprising: an alignment pin to be positioned adjacent to the boss hole (BH) of an actuator arm (AA); an actuator coupled to the alignment pin to move the alignment pin; an imaging device; and a computing device that performs operations including: commanding the imaging device to produce an image of the position of the alignment pin relative to the BH of the AA; commanding the HGA to be positioned in the AA such that the boss of the HGA is adjacent to the BH of the AA; and, based on the image, commanding the actuator to move the alignment pin such that the alignment pin is concentric relative to the BH and to move the alignment pin through an opening of the boss of the HGA such that the boss of the HGA is concentric and aligned with the BH of the AA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: JAMBUNATHAN VANGAL-RAMAMURTHY, OMAR C. OSORIO