Patents by Inventor Robert I. McClure

Robert I. McClure 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).

  • Method of improving air flow in compact disc drive
    Patent number: 4280155
    Abstract: A method is described for improving the air flow over the surfaces of magnetic recording discs in a disc drive having a plurality of rotatingly driven such discs each having adiameter of less than nine inches and being coaxial and spaced from one another, and such disc drive having a plurality of selectively positionable magnetic transducer heads overlying portions of the discs, the method including spacing adjacent such discs a predetermined minimum distance from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1981
    Assignee: Memorex Mini Disc Drive Corp.
    Inventors: John C. Scott, Robert I. McClure