Patents by Inventor Shrikant M. Desai

Shrikant M. Desai 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).

  • Hook and loop device applied to control shock and vibration of critical components
    Patent number: 7468860
    Abstract: A hook and loop device protects electronics, such as hard disk drives, from shocks and vibrations. The electronics are disposed within a housing and coupled to the housing via a hook and loop device that reduces shocks and vibrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Inventor: Shrikant M. Desai
  • GATEWAY ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20020008932
    Abstract: An actuation assembly (100) used with a removable hard disk drive system. The assembly uses various mechanisms interconnected to cooperate in the manner which permits manipulation of various mechanical members of an external drive system (10). The disk drive has a housing (10) with a receptacle (150) which removably receives a cartridge (60). The housing further has a cover (12) formed of a cover material and a front loading access panel (14) disposed over the receptacle. The actuation assembly (100) has at least one hub assembly (110) and a mechanical member (120) comprising an alloy material which contracts to produce a force which actuates pivotal movement of the hub assembly around an axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 1999
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: BRENT R. BATEMAN, ROBERT HOPPE, SHRIKANT M. DESAI