Patents by Inventor Zachary P. Hills

Zachary P. Hills 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: 10120351
    Abstract: An electronic device including electromechanical components, a cooling unit configured for heat removal for the electromechanical components, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a system state of each of the electromechanical components based on temperature data for each of the electromechanical components and a temperature band corresponding to each of the electromechanical components, wherein the temperature data for each of the electromechanical components is sampled at a sample rate corresponding to each of the electromechanical components, determine a system state of the electronic device based on the system states of the electromechanical components, and control an operation of the cooling unit based on the system state of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary P. Hills, Jeffrey F. Boigenzahn, Robert G. Fairchild
  • Patent number: 9947370
    Abstract: A hard disk drive assembly having a hard disk drive positioned within an external housing. Isolators formed of a resilient material, such as an elastomeric material, are interposed between the hard disk drive and an external housing. The isolators also preferably having a plurality of openings that extend there through that lower the stiffness of the isolators during small deflections such as those caused by vibrations, but large deflections, such as those caused by shocks cause the openings or holes to close there by generating greater stiffness is response to external shocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng Jin, Jifang Tian, Michael J. Herrmann, Zachary P. Hills
  • Patent number: 9361947
    Abstract: A hard disk drive assembly having a hard disk drive positioned within an enclosure. A shock support is interposed between the hard disk drive and at least one wall of the enclosure so that external shocks on the enclosure are transmitted through the shock support. The shock support can be either a rigid support made of metal or a resilient support made of elastomeric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Baekho Heo, Cheng Jin, Sara Sahebjam-Atabaki, Jifang Tian, Zachary P. Hills