Patents by Inventor Raymond Quines

Raymond Quines 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).

  • Flexible printed circuit board stiffener for hard disk drive
    Patent number: 9001470
    Abstract: Described herein is a magnetic storage device that includes at least one magnetic disk, at least one armature rotatably movable relative to the at least one magnetic disk, and a transducer head coupled to the armature. The magnetic storage device further includes a stiffener that is coupled to the armature. The stiffener includes at least one arm having a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) portion and a deflection portion angled relative to the FPCB portion. The magnetic storage device also includes an FPCB coupled to the stiffener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: HGST Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Andre Chan, Raymond Quines, Edgar Rothenberg, Taeyong Yoon
  • Disk drive actuator latch including an integrally formed engagement portion that engages and limits rotation of a disk drive actuator
    Patent number: 8488280
    Abstract: Described herein is an actuator latch, for limiting rotational movement of a disk drive actuator. The latch preferably includes a coupling portion that has an elongate member received by a bore in a disk drive base. The coupling portion is configured to be rotatable about an axis defined by the elongate member. The latch also includes an engagement portion, integrally formed with the elongate member, that extends in a direction transverse to the axis and engages and limits rotation of a disk drive actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David K. Myers, Raymond Quines
  • Drive with circumferential disk limiter
    Patent number: 8446688
    Abstract: Described herein is a disk drive having a disk receiving surface with an outer diameter. The drive can include a peripheral edge that extends transverse to the disk receiving surface and circumferentially about at least a portion of the outer diameter of the disk receiving surface. The drive can also include a disk limiter that extends between and transverse to the disk receiving surface and the peripheral edge to provide a transition between the disk receiving surface and a surface of the peripheral edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Quines, Baekho Heo, Enoch Mylabathula