Patents by Inventor Tom Konetski

Tom Konetski 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).

  • Threadably mountable drive actuator bearing assembly
    Patent number: 6525910
    Abstract: An actuator assembly suitable for a disc drive with at least one rotating disc for storing information. The actuator assembly has an actuator body having a mounting opening with at least a portion of the mounting opening being threaded and a bearing cartridge having an outer surface with at least a portion of the outer surface being threaded. The bearing cartridge is threadably received within the mounting opening of the actuator body so that the actuator body is releasably secured to the bearing cartridge. A method for securing an actuator body to a bearing cartridge in an actuator assembly of a disc drive is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Steve Macpherson, Gary Frank Kelsic, Bruce Joseph Oxley, Richard W. Deichert, Tom Konetski