Patents by Inventor Yoichi Kubo

Yoichi Kubo 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).

  • Patent number: 8194346
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disk drive includes a housing comprising a base and a top cover combined to the base. The housing contains a motor configured to rotate about a rotational center and a pivot as a rotational center of a head actuator. The top cover includes a first rib. The first rib is configured in a shape comprising a first center in a triangular region. The triangular region has vertexes on a first point corresponding to the rotational center of the motor, a second point corresponding to the pivot, and a third point at a central portion of one side on an opposite side of the second point with respect to an axis extending longitudinally relative to the housing through the first point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Yoichi Kubo
  • Publication number: 20110007419
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disk drive includes a housing, a drive unit configured to drive a disk recording medium in the housing, and a head actuator configured to support a head. A wall portion of the housing includes a first rib formed into a circular arc having a first center C1 and a second rib formed into another circular arc having a second center C2 different from the first center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Yoichi KUBO