Patents by Inventor Todd Warren Kube

Todd Warren Kube 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).

  • Disc drive apparatus having drive electronics top mounted on flexible printed circuit board
    Patent number: 7542231
    Abstract: A disc drive has actuator servo-controls and signal processing electronics positioned on, and electrically connected to, a flex printed circuit board positioned on a top surface of a base along with the actuator assembly and the spindle motor of the disc drive. A power combo chip is also positioned on the flex printed circuit board that is positioned on the top surface of the base. A top cover is attached to the base to form an enclosed space. The actuator assembly and the spindle motor are within the enclosed space and the actuator servo-controls and signal processing electronics are outside the enclosed space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Seagate Technology
    Inventors: William Leon Rugg, Todd Warren Kube
  • Load beam attachment to actuator arm
    Patent number: 6865058
    Abstract: An actuator assembly includes a rotatable actuator arm mounted on the base of a disc drive. The actuator arm includes a metallic member seated on a non-metallic body. A proximal end of a load beam is mounted on the actuator arm and a distal end of the load beam supports a head. The actuator assembly also includes a connection between the metallic member and the load beam that secures the load beam to the actuator arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Todd Warren Kube, Alexander Wei Chang, Bruce Lynn Blakeslee, Ernest Paul Lee, William Leon Rugg
  • Disc drive apparatus having drive electronics top mounted on flexible printed circuit board
    Publication number: 20040037007
    Abstract: A disc drive has actuator servo-controls and signal processing electronics positioned on, and electrically connected to, a flex printed circuit board positioned on a top surface of a base along with the actuator assembly and the spindle motor of the disc drive. A power combo chip is also positioned on the flex printed circuit board that is positioned on the top surface of the base. A top cover is attached to the base to form an enclosed space. The actuator assembly and the spindle motor are within the enclosed space and the actuator servo-controls and signal processing electronics are outside the enclosed space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: William Leon Rugg, Todd Warren Kube
  • Load beam attachment to actuator arm
    Publication number: 20030086206
    Abstract: An actuator assembly includes a rotatable actuator arm mounted on the base of a disc drive. The actuator arm includes a metallic member seated on a non-metallic body. A proximal end of a load beam is mounted on the actuator arm and a distal end of the load beam supports a head. The actuator assembly also includes a connection between the metallic member and the load beam that secures the load beam to the actuator arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Todd Warren Kube, Alexander Wei Chang, Bruce Lynn Blakeslee, Ernest Paul Lee, William Leon Rugg