Patents by Inventor Robin F. Dorulla

Robin F. Dorulla 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).

  • Cleaning process, apparatus and system for disc drive components
    Publication number: 20020026726
    Abstract: A system for cleaning disc drive components includes a rotary support member for receiving an assembled disc drive component. A rotary drive motor is coupled to the rotary support member for rotating the rotary support member and disc drive motor supported thereon together at a rotation speed to impart a centrifugal force on any excess lubricant contained by the disc drive motor of sufficient magnitude to draw the excess lubricant from the disc drive motor. The system may also or alternatively include an enclosure defining an interior having an oxygen-containing environment. A support platform is disposed within the oxygen-containing environment of the interior of the enclosure, for supporting a disc drive component within the oxygen-containing environment of the enclosure, for example, after the component is removed from the rotary support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Ian Rudd, Karl Harold Scheppers, Thomas Patrick McDonnell, Donald James MacLeod, Paul Weidler, Larry Liu, Arnold George Slezak, Robin F. Dorulla, Gregg P. Stevens, Dirk Anthony Krieger, Thaveesin Vasavakul
  • Cleaning process for disc drive components
    Patent number: 6231676
    Abstract: A system for cleaning disc drive components includes a rotary support member for receiving an assembled disc drive component. A rotary drive motor is coupled to the rotary support member for rotating the rotary support member and disc drive motor supported thereon together at a rotation speed to impart a centrifugal force on any excess lubricant contained by the disc drive motor of sufficient magnitude to draw the excess lubricant from the disc drive motor. The system may also or alternatively include an enclosure defining an interior having an oxygen-containing environment. A support platform is disposed within the oxygen-containing environment of the interior of the enclosure, for supporting a disc drive component within the oxygen-containing environment of the enclosure, for example, after the component is removed from the rotary support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Ian Rudd, Karl Harold Scheppers, Thomas Patrick McDonnell, Donald James MacLeod, Paul Weidler, Larry Liu, Arnold George Slezak, Robin F. Dorulla, Gregg P. Stevens, Dirk Anthony Krieger, Thaveesin Vasavakul