Patents by Inventor Takako Hayakawa
Takako Hayakawa 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).
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Patent number: 11295769Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a voice coil motor (VCM) yoke assembly mounted to an actuator block for a data storage device. One or more fastening mechanisms couple the VCM assembly to the actuator block. The fastening mechanisms are coupled to the VCM assembly by one or more soft mounts. The one or more soft mounts reduce undesirable movement of the magnetic recording head by spacing the VCM assembly from the actuator block, yet still ensuring the VCM assembly is properly coupled to the actuator block.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Kouki Uefune, Takako Hayakawa, Toshio Takahashi
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Publication number: 20210407536Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a voice coil motor (VCM) yoke assembly mounted to an actuator block for a data storage device. One or more fastening mechanisms couple the VCM assembly to the actuator block. The fastening mechanisms are coupled to the VCM assembly by one or more soft mounts. The one or more soft mounts reduce undesirable movement of the magnetic recording head by spacing the VCM assembly from the actuator block, yet still ensuring the VCM assembly is properly coupled to the actuator block.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Kouki UEFUNE, Takako HAYAKAWA, Toshio TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 10997998Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a tape embedded drive having the spindles upon which the tape reels are disposed, fixedly coupled at both the bottom and the top to ensure stability of the reels. Furthermore, an additional cover over the spindle can be used to secure the top coupling mechanism and the spindle to the tape embedded drive enclosure to provide additional stability. A sealing cover is then placed over the additional cover to tightly seal the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Kouki Uefune, Toshio Takahashi, Takako Hayakawa, Yuichi Arai
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Patent number: 10916269Abstract: Disclosed here is a magnet for use in a motor. The magnet comprises a magnet body. The magnet body comprises a plurality of coated magnetic granules. Each coated magnetic granule of the plurality of coated magnetic granules comprises a magnetic granule and a metallic layer coating the magnetic granule.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Toshio Takahashi, Kazushi Tsuwako, Masamichi Sakauchi, Takako Hayakawa, Kouki Uefune
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Patent number: 10803908Abstract: Approaches to patching a leaky hermetically-sealed device include the use of a laminate rework patch that includes an adhesive tape layer, an aluminum sheet layer, and an outer cover layer, and whereby a viscous adhesive is injected or otherwise applied between the patch and the device leak location, over a layer of primer material, to fill the leak and stop the leakage of gas from inside the device. The thickness of the viscous adhesive, and thus the curing time and temperature of the viscous adhesive, can be managed by way of the thickness of the adhesive tape layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2020Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hitoshi Tamura, Takako Hayakawa
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Publication number: 20200265868Abstract: Disclosed here is a magnet comprising a magnet body. The magnet body comprises a plurality of coated magnetic granules.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2019Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Toshio Takahashi, Kazushi Tsuwako, Masamichi Sakauchi, Takako Hayakawa, Kouki Uefune
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Patent number: 10575424Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to hermetic electrical connectors used in hard disk drives. The hermetic electrical connector includes a barrier structure having a first plurality of connecting pads disposed on a first surface of the barrier structure and a second plurality of connecting pads disposed on a second surface of the barrier structure opposite the first surface. A plurality of conductors is disposed within the barrier structure, and each conductor is coupled to a connecting pad of the first plurality of connecting pads and a corresponding connecting pad of the second plurality of connecting pads. The barrier structure further includes a dielectric material between the first and second surfaces, and one or more layers embedded in the dielectric material. The addition of the layers helps choke the helium gas flow, thus improving sealing of the electrical connector while maintaining high-speed electrical transmission.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Yuta Onobu, Takako Hayakawa, Kimihiko Sudo, Seong-Hun Choe, Takehito Nagata, Yuji Soga, Nobumasa Nishiyama, Kazuhiro Nagaoka
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Patent number: 10460768Abstract: A base member includes a recessed portion extending in radial directions and recessed upward from a lower surface of the base member, and a hole extending through the recessed portion in the vertical direction. The recessed portion includes a recessed portion loop-shaped surface defining a loop-shaped surface in the radial direction. A connector is located on a lower side of the recessed portion to cover the hole portion. An adhesive is located between the connector and the recessed portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignees: NIDEC CORPORATION, WEST DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Masahiro Akagi, Takeshi Ohiro, Tomohiro Yoneda, Akihiro Yudate, Takayuki Ishino, Sho Nakamura, Jiro Kaneko, Takako Hayakawa, Kimihiko Sudo, Yuta Onobu
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Patent number: 10424345Abstract: A misalignment-tolerant flexible type electrical feed-through assembly, which is able to tolerate connector misalignment, involves a flexible circuit assembly (FCA) part constructed as a laminate structure of a base insulating layer, a conductor layer, and a cover insulating layer, where the FCA part is wrapped around a plurality of metal parts, where the metal parts are slidable relative to each other. Such a feed-through assembly may be used at an interface between a hermetically-sealed internal environment, such as in a lighter-than-air gas filled data storage device, and the external environment.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Miki Namihisa, Kimihiko Sudo, Takako Hayakawa, Yuichi Arai
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Publication number: 20190104630Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to hermetic electrical connectors used in hard disk drives. The hermetic electrical connector includes a barrier structure having a first plurality of connecting pads disposed on a first surface of the barrier structure and a second plurality of connecting pads disposed on a second surface of the barrier structure opposite the first surface. A plurality of conductors is disposed within the barrier structure, and each conductor is coupled to a connecting pad of the first plurality of connecting pads and a corresponding connecting pad of the second plurality of connecting pads. The barrier structure further includes a dielectric material between the first and second surfaces, and one or more layers embedded in the dielectric material. The addition of the layers helps choke the helium gas flow, thus improving sealing of the electrical connector while maintaining high-speed electrical transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2017Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Yuta ONOBU, Takako HAYAKAWA, Kimihiko SUDO, Seong-Hun CHOE, Takehito NAGATA, Yuji SOGA, Nobumasa NISHIYAMA, Kazuhiro NAGAOKA
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Patent number: 10164358Abstract: An electrical feed-through assembly includes electrically conductive pins having a top apex and a bottom apex, where the pins extend through at least a majority of an electrically non-conductive material. The top apexes, the bottom apexes, or both the top and bottom apexes of the pins have an electrically conductive connection pad material, such as a solder pad, coupled thereto. In variations, the top and/or bottom apexes may be slightly recessed from a corresponding surface of the non-conductive material, such that the connection pads fill the respective recesses; and/or the top and/or bottom apexes barely extend from a corresponding surface, such that the connection pads bulge out from the corresponding surface. Such a feed-through configuration may inhibit pin bending, in addition to enabling use of more types of connectors beyond pin-and-socket type connectors.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kyosuke Yoshida, Kimihiko Sudo, Takako Hayakawa, Hajime Eguchi, Yuta Onobu
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Publication number: 20180322909Abstract: A base member includes a recessed portion arranged to extend in radial directions and recessed upward from a lower surface of the base member, the radial directions being directions perpendicular to a vertical direction or directions parallel to these directions; and a hole portion arranged to pass through the recessed portion in the vertical direction. The recessed portion includes a recessed portion loop-shaped surface being a loop-shaped surface perpendicular to the vertical direction. A connector is arranged on a lower side of the recessed portion to cover the hole portion. An adhesive is arranged between the connector and the recessed portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Jiro Kaneko, Takako Hayakawa, Kimihiko Sudo, Yuta Onobu
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Publication number: 20180308526Abstract: A base member includes a recessed portion arranged to extend in radial directions and recessed upward from a lower surface of the base member, the radial directions being directions perpendicular to a vertical direction or directions parallel to these directions; and a hole portion arranged to pass through the recessed portion in the vertical direction. The recessed portion includes a recessed portion loop-shaped surface being a loop-shaped surface perpendicular to the vertical direction. A connector is arranged on a lower side of the recessed portion to cover the hole portion. An adhesive is arranged between the connector and the recessed portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: Jiro Kaneko, Takako Hayakawa, Kimihiko Sudo, Yuta Onobu
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Publication number: 20180308525Abstract: A base member includes a recessed portion arranged to extend in radial directions and recessed upward from a lower surface of the base member, the radial directions being directions perpendicular to a vertical direction or directions parallel to these directions; and a hole portion arranged to pass through the recessed portion in the vertical direction. The recessed portion includes a recessed portion loop-shaped surface being a loop-shaped surface perpendicular to the vertical direction. A connector is arranged on a lower side of the recessed portion to cover the hole portion. An adhesive is arranged between the connector and the recessed portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: Jiro Kaneko, Takako Hayakawa, Kimihiko Sudo, Yuta Onobu
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Publication number: 20180097301Abstract: An electrical feed-through assembly includes electrically conductive pins having a top apex and a bottom apex, where the pins extend through at least a majority of an electrically non-conductive material. The top apexes, the bottom apexes, or both the top and bottom apexes of the pins have an electrically conductive connection pad material, such as a solder pad, coupled thereto. In variations, the top and/or bottom apexes may be slightly recessed from a corresponding surface of the non-conductive material, such that the connection pads fill the respective recesses; and/or the top and/or bottom apexes barely extend from a corresponding surface, such that the connection pads bulge out from the corresponding surface. Such a feed-through configuration may inhibit pin bending, in addition to enabling use of more types of connectors beyond pin-and-socket type connectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2016Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Kyosuke Yoshida, Kimihiko Sudo, Takako Hayakawa, Hajime Eguchi, Yuta Onobu
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Patent number: 9870806Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to hermetic electrical connectors used in hard disk drives. The hermetic electrical connector includes a barrier structure having a first plurality of connecting pads disposed on a first surface of the barrier structure and a second plurality of connecting pads disposed on a second surface of the barrier structure opposite the first surface. A plurality of conductors is disposed within the barrier structure, and each conductor is coupled to a connecting pad of the first plurality of connecting pads and a corresponding connecting pad of the second plurality of connecting pads. The barrier structure further includes a dielectric material between the first and second surfaces, and one or more layers embedded in the dielectric material. The addition of the layers helps choke the helium gas flow, thus improving sealing of the electrical connector while maintaining high-speed electrical transmission.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2017Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yuta Onobu, Takako Hayakawa, Kimihiko Sudo, Seong-Hun Choe, Takehito Nagata, Yuji Soga, Nobumasa Nishiyama, Kazuhiro Nagaoka
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Publication number: 20170278551Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to hermetic electrical connectors used in hard disk drives. The hermetic electrical connector includes a barrier structure having a first plurality of connecting pads disposed on a first surface of the barrier structure and a second plurality of connecting pads disposed on a second surface of the barrier structure opposite the first surface. A plurality of conductors is disposed within the barrier structure, and each conductor is coupled to a connecting pad of the first plurality of connecting pads and a corresponding connecting pad of the second plurality of connecting pads. The barrier structure further includes a dielectric material between the first and second surfaces, and one or more layers embedded in the dielectric material. The addition of the layers helps choke the helium gas flow, thus improving sealing of the electrical connector while maintaining high-speed electrical transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Yuta ONOBU, Takako HAYAKAWA, Kimihiko SUDO, Seong-Hun CHOE, Takehito NAGATA, Yuji SOGA, Nobumasa NISHIYAMA, Kazuhiro NAGAOKA
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Patent number: 9721619Abstract: A hermetically-sealed hard disk drive (HDD) utilizes a laminated film seal to seal an interface of an electrical feed-through connector and an HDD enclosure base. The laminated film seal may be constructed of a heat sealant layer that bonds with a surface of the base and a surface of the electrical connector, a barrier layer which inhibits gas from escaping from inside the HDD, and a film surface protective layer which protects the heat sealant and barrier layers. Embodiments may include a heat sealant layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer such as polypropylene, a barrier layer comprising a metal such as aluminum, and a film surface protective layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer such as polyethylene terephthalate.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kimihiko Sudo, Takako Hayakawa, Yuichi Arai, Yuta Onobu
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Patent number: 9721620Abstract: A hermetically-sealed hard disk drive (HDD) utilizes a laminated film seal to seal an HDD cover-to-base interface. The laminated film seal may be constructed of a heat sealant layer hermetically-coupled to and forming a seal with the base, a barrier layer which inhibits gas from escaping from inside the HDD, and a film surface protective layer which protects the heat sealant and barrier layers. Embodiments may include a heat sealant layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer such as polypropylene, a barrier layer comprising a metal such as aluminum, and a film surface protective layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer such as polyethylene terephthalate.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kimihiko Sudo, Takako Hayakawa, Yuichi Arai, Yuta Onobu
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Patent number: 9704539Abstract: A hermetically-sealed hard disk drive (HDD) utilizes a laminated film seal to seal an interface of an electrical flexible cable assembly and an HDD enclosure base. The laminated film seal may be constructed of a heat sealant layer that bonds with a surface of the base and a surface of the flex cable, a barrier layer which inhibits gas from escaping from inside the HDD, and a film surface protective layer which protects the heat sealant and barrier layers. Embodiments may include a heat sealant layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer such as polypropylene, a barrier layer comprising a metal such as aluminum, and a film surface protective layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer such as polyethylene terephthalate.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kimihiko Sudo, Takako Hayakawa, Yuichi Arai, Yuta Onobu