Cover Patents (Class 360/99.18)
  • Patent number: 12111512
    Abstract: An improved mount for, and method of mounting, an optical structure comprising at least two mirror panels secured in reflective relation to each other between upper and lower support members of the optical structure, is provided. The mount has a bracket element, comprising top and bottom panels secured along a back panel. There are at least six mounting pads, at least three attach portions of an outside surface of the upper support member of the optical structure to portions of an inside surface of the top panel of the bracket, and at least three attach portions of an outside surface of the lower support member of the optical structure to portions of an inside surface of the bottom panel of the bracket. The middle of the set of three top and bottom mounting pads are formed from polymeric material having a first Durometer value, and the two outer of the set of three top and bottom mounting pads are formed from polymeric material having a second Durometer value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: PLX, Inc.
    Inventor: Itai Vishnia
  • Patent number: 12108199
    Abstract: A loudspeaker grille comprises a carrier element, which comprises a plurality of openings through a front surface, and a cover element to be attached to the front surface, which comprises a plurality of openings corresponding to the openings of the carrier element. The cover element is attached to the carrier front surface, wherein the cover element covers at least part of the front surface of the carrier element, and wherein the openings of the carrier element and the cover element are aligned with each other. The cover element is made of a flexible organic material, in particular a compound material with an organic outer surface layer, such as cork-leather.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Inventors: Henrik H. Bladt, Ole Kruse Witschel
  • Patent number: 12087335
    Abstract: A process of assembling a voice coil motor (VCM), such as for a hard disk drive, includes creating an opening in a yoke, attaching a primary magnet to an inside surface of the yoke, installing through the opening in the yoke a cross-flux magnet into a channel of the primary magnet, and installing a plug into the opening in the yoke. Thus, part count is minimized and the manufacturing process is readily incorporated into existing VCM manufacturing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Brandon Kaplan
  • Patent number: 12033678
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a beam, a chip coupled to the beam, a cable coupled to the beam by a first material located at opposite edges of the cable, and wire bonds extending from pads of the cable to pads of the chip. An apparatus includes a beam and a chip coupled to the beam. The chip includes an array of magnetic transducers for transducing data on a magnetic recording tape. The apparatus includes a cable coupled to the beam by a first material located at opposite edges of the cable, wire bonds extending from pads of the cable to pads of the chip, and a second material encapsulating ends of the wire bonds that are located adjacent the cable. The second material does not contact the chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Liang, Hoodin Hamidi, Daniel Brown
  • Patent number: 11962201
    Abstract: The present invention may provide a motor including a rotary shaft, a yoke coupled to the rotary shaft, a stator disposed between the rotary shaft and the yoke, a first magnet and a second magnet disposed in the yoke, and a circuit board on which a first Hall sensor is disposed to correspond to the first magnet and a second Hall sensor is disposed to correspond to the second magnet, wherein the second magnet includes a plurality of split magnets and one index magnet, a width of the split magnet in a circumferential direction is the same as a width of the index magnet in the circumferential direction, each of the split magnets and the index magnet are formed by combining a first pole and a second pole, a width of the first pole of the split magnet in the circumferential direction is the same as a width of the second pole in the circumferential direction, and a width of the first pole of the index magnet in the circumferential direction is different from a width of the second pole in the circumferential directi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 11832499
    Abstract: A sensor includes a metal housing and a metal lid. The metal housing houses a circuit board electrically connected to a sensor element and is provided with an opening and an edge part defining the opening. The metal lid is adhered to the edge part to cover the opening. At least one of the edge part and the metal lid is provided with one or more recesses, and the metal lid is adhered to the edge part by a portion of an adhesive agent filled in the recess that is located in a region of an opening end of the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hidekazu Ohara, Tsuyoshi Miyata
  • Patent number: 11810600
    Abstract: A magnetic read-write device includes a disk spindle on which disk media are rotatably mounted, an enclosure in which the spindle is housed, an opening/closing mechanism such as a cover configured for opening to provide access to the spindle and for closing to contain particles that may be generated during operation of the device, and a seal configured for sealing the enclosure when the opening/closing mechanism is closed. The device may further include a pre-loaded hinge coupling the cover with the enclosure, and a loading mechanism such as a spring coupled with the hinge and configured for biasing the cover to a closed position and for applying a sealing force to the seal at an interface of the cover and the enclosure. This type of device may be implemented for use in an archival data storage system library such as in a cleanroom storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Toshiki Hirano
  • Patent number: 11756547
    Abstract: A user terminal device includes a display; at least one sensor; a communication module; and a processor operatively connected to the display, the at least one sensor, and the communication module, wherein the processor is configured to, based on receiving a user utterance voice, determine whether or not a response screen corresponding to the user utterance voice is able to be provided through the display on the basis of at least one of a sensed value obtained from the at least one sensor or an inactive period of the display, based on determining that the response screen is unable to be provided through the display, receive current status information of at least one external device connected to the user terminal device through the communication module, determine one external device among the at least one external device to display the response screen on the basis of the current status information of the at least one external device, obtain the response screen to the user utterance voice, and transmit the respo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventors: Hyeonjeong Kim, Seungyup Lee, Soyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11688429
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a housing including a hole, a magnetic disk, a control board closing the hole, and an electronic component. The electronic component is mounted on the control board, and assists a control operation for recording and reproducing information on and from the magnetic disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taichi Okano, Jia Liu, Nobuhiro Yamamoto, Kota Tokuda
  • Patent number: 11615810
    Abstract: A hard disk drive enclosure base includes a non-uniform disk shroud surface extending from a top to a floor, the shroud surface including a first portion having a first radius and clearance along the circumference of the shroud surface and a second portion having a lesser second radius and clearance. The second portion of the shroud surface may be positioned at multiple locations where the drive form factor is especially constraining and in view of the need for a sufficient seal land surface for applying a gasket seal around the perimeter of the inner cavity of the base part. Widening the disk shroud clearance where possible can reduce the shear stress exerted at the disk edges thereby reducing the windage drag and associated disk spindle motor power consumption, especially in the context of helium-filled drives in which disk flutter is less of an issue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andre Chan, Yoshiyuki Hirono, Yuichi Arai
  • Patent number: 11602086
    Abstract: An information handling system, including a plurality of computing modules; a rack-mountable tray including: a plurality of bays, each bay including a cold fluid intake and a warm fluid return, wherein each computing module of the plurality of computing modules is engaged with the cold fluid intake and the warm fluid return of one or more of the bays of the plurality of bays; and a fluid circulation system positioned within the tray and coupled to the cold fluid intake and the warm fluid return of each of the bays, the fluid circulation system introducing, for each bay that a respective computing module is engaged with, fluid within the computing module via the cold fluid intake of each bay and returning warm fluid via the warm fluid return of each bay to transfer heat from the computing modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Richard A. Crisp, Matthew B. Gilbert, Corey D. Hartman
  • Patent number: 11380360
    Abstract: A storage apparatus includes a disk-shaped recording medium, a motor configured to drive and rotate the recording medium, a head configured to read information from and write information to the recording medium, and a support member configured to support the recording medium when the recording bends in response to external vibration or shock. The support member supports the recording medium by making contact with the recording medium only when the external vibration or shock is applied to the storage apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Sueoka, Masato Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11352528
    Abstract: Described are adhesive compositions that contain adhesive polymer and carbon nanotubes; devices (e.g., electronic devices and electronic device enclosures) and compositions that include one of these adhesive compositions; and uses of such adhesive compositions as part of an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: PengBoon Khoo, Li Hong Zhang, Swee Chuan Gan, Xiong Liu
  • Patent number: 11096301
    Abstract: A radar sensor for a vehicular radar sensing system includes a housing structure and at least one printed circuit board (PCB). The housing structure includes a front housing and a rear housing. The PCB is accommodated between the front housing and the rear housing in a cavity established within the housing structure when the front housing and the rear housing are joined together. The rear housing may be joined to the front housing via a clip that at least partially circumscribes a junction between the front housing and the rear housing. The rear housing may be joined to the front housing via an intermediate frame disposed between the front housing and the rear housing, with the rear housing secured to the intermediate frame via a plurality of fasteners and with the front housing secured to the intermediate frame via welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Christian Mai
  • Patent number: 11087795
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a housing having a box-shaped base with a bottom wall, a first connection portion provided inside the bottom wall, a second connection portion provided outside the bottom wall and electrically connected to the first connection portion, a control circuit board provided outside the housing, a third connection portion fixed to an inner surface of the control circuit board facing the bottom wall, and abutting on and electrically connecting to the second connection portion, and a reinforcement member positioned between the control circuit board and the bottom wall and provided around the third connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yamamoto, Yousuke Hisakuni
  • Patent number: 11069383
    Abstract: A data storage device includes a base deck coupled to a top cover. The data storage device includes a printed circuit board coupled to and spaced from the base deck. The data storage device also includes a thermal interface material positioned between the printed circuit board and the base deck and comprising a porous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Antonia Tsoukatos, John W. Dykes
  • Patent number: 11062734
    Abstract: A hard disk drive includes an enclosure housing a first set of magnetic recording media coupled to a first spindle motor, a second set of magnetic recording media coupled to a second spindle motor, and a third set of magnetic recording media coupled to a third spindle motor. The first set of magnetic recording media at least partially overlaps with the second set of magnetic recording media and the third set of magnetic recording media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventor: John L. Brand
  • Patent number: 10839859
    Abstract: A data storage library includes an array of drive slots each configured to receive a data storage drive therein. The data storage library also includes a nozzle for creating an air curtain across a front of the array of drive slots and a fan for creating an airflow through the nozzle. A method includes selectively instructing a fan to create an airflow through a nozzle for creating an air curtain across a front of an array of drive slots in the data storage library. A computer program product is configured to perform the foregoing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shawn M. Nave, Michael P. McIntosh
  • Patent number: 10811041
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a housing that includes a bottom wall, a magnetic disk contained in the housing, a first head and a second head configured to write data to the magnetic disk, and read data from the magnetic disk, a first actuator assembly including the first head, a second actuator assembly including the second head, a first flexible print circuit board including a first connector, a second flexible print circuit board including a second connector, and a control circuit board that is provided outside the housing, and includes a third connector electrically connected to the first connector and the second connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventor: Norio Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 10699753
    Abstract: A disk drive enclosure includes a cover having a peripheral shape conforming to that of a base of the disk drive enclosure. A formed-in-place gasket is on an inner surface of the cover and corresponds to a shape of a mating edge of the base. The formed-in-place gasket forms a seal between the cover and the mating edge of the base. A stop member is located along an inner periphery of the formed-place-gasket and in immediate proximity to the formed-in-place gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Chuen Buan Lee, Jiho Hwang, Pow Ming Yap, Kim Tai Chin
  • Patent number: 10681800
    Abstract: A thermal module mounting structure includes a thermal module having a first bracket with mounting holes fixedly mounted at each of two opposite sides of a bottom wall thereof, a circuit board having one or multiple heat source components located on a top wall thereof and a second bracket with through holes fixedly mounted at each of two opposite sides of the top wall, and a plurality of fasteners respectively inserted through the through holes of the second brackets and fastened to the respective mounting holes of the first brackets to secure the circuit board to the thermal module in a vertically floatable manner and to keep the heat source components in contact with the bottom wall of the thermal module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: ADLINK TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Hua-Feng Chen, Chih-Cheng Chou
  • Patent number: 10650864
    Abstract: Described are electronic hard disk drives that are made to include: a base; a cover; interior components such as a stack of magnetic recording disks, reading and recording heads, electronics to read and record and to transfer data to and from an external electronic device; and a cover support at the interior of the device to inhibit movement of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Gordon A. Harwood, Hany Michael Gross, David J. Jennings, Stanislaw Dobosz
  • Patent number: 10566031
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes embodiments of an electrical device that includes an interior having a saturated salt solution and desiccant disposed therein to manage the relative humidity of the interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventor: John L. Brand
  • Patent number: 10373651
    Abstract: A disk device includes a top cover and a disk medium with a recording surface. The top cover includes a center horizontal portion having a surface which extends from a center point of the disk medium along the recording surface to an outer peripheral portion, a curved portion having a surface which extends from the outer peripheral portion of the center horizontal portion in a direction away from the recording surface, and an outer horizontal portion having a surface which extends from the curved portion in a direction away from the center point and along the recording surface. The recording surface includes a first zone in which data is set to be written, and a second zone in which data is set not to be written, the second zone being disposed adjacent to the first zone on an outer edge side of the disk medium from the first zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Sato
  • Patent number: 10354699
    Abstract: A storage chassis may be adapted, or configured, to secure a plurality of carrierless devices (e.g., without the use of a carrier or drive tray) received thereby. The storage chassis may include a base, a first drive wall coupled to and extending from the base, and a second drive wall coupled to and extending from the base. Each of the first and second drive walls may include a top edge spaced away from a bottom portion of the base. The base, the first drive wall, and the second drive wall may define a row of drive slots and each drive slot may be configured to receive a carrierless device. Further, the storage chassis may include a plurality of locking units configured to extend across corresponding drive slots between the top edge of the first drive wall and the top edge of the second drive wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Shankar Gopalakrishna, Anil Koyad Choyikkunnil, Saju Cheeran Verghese Francis, Naveen Kumar
  • Patent number: 10229720
    Abstract: A disk apparatus includes a base including a bottom wall and a sidewall disposed along a peripheral portion of the bottom wall, a cover including a ceiling plate and a side plate disposed along a periphery of the ceiling plate, the ceiling plate being fixed to the sidewall and the side plate facing an outer surface of the sidewall, and a rotatable recording medium disposed between the cover and the bottom wall. The sidewall of the base includes a first portion adjacent to the recording medium and a protruding portion that protrudes from the first portion outward and away from the recording medium, and at least a portion of a sidewall of the protruding portion faces an opening formed in the side plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 10117347
    Abstract: An accommodation device of a water-proof casing has a casing body and a casing cover. A control unit is accommodated in an accommodation space formed in the accommodation device. An air breathing hole is formed in the casing cover for communicating the accommodation space to an outside of the accommodation device. A filter element is fixed to a bottom surface of a filter accommodation portion, which is formed on an outside surface of the casing cover, so as to close an open end of the air breathing hole. A filter cover is fixed to the casing cover so as to cover the filter element. A cover positioning portion is formed in the filter accommodation portion on the bottom surface, so that the filter cover can be easily and correctly positioned with respect to the casing cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Zaiki, Takashi Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 10115421
    Abstract: A motor base assembly for a storage drive assembly includes a basewall and a plurality of sidewalls extending from the basewall to define an interior of the motor base assembly. The motor base assembly also includes a stiffener support portion disposed within the interior of the motor base assembly. The stiffener support portion includes a stiffener guide slot and a hole adjacent to the stiffener guide slot. The stiffener guide slot is configured to hold a first plate section of a second stiffener region of a flexible printed circuit and the hole is configured to guide a first stiffener region of the flexible printed circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Mukund Vijay
  • Patent number: 10073504
    Abstract: The present invention provides a storage subsystem capable of preventing abnormal temperature rise within the subsystem and realizing an efficient cooling effect. Therefore, the storage subsystem has two or more controllers having two or more temperature sensors, and each controller determines a provisional rotational speed based on the value of the temperature sensors. One controller out of the multiple controllers operates as the master controller, and the other controllers (slave controllers) transmit a provisional rotational speed determined in its own system to the master controller. The master controller determines a greater value of the provisional rotational speed information received from the slave controllers and the provisional rotational speed determined in its own system as the final rotational speed of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidechika Nakanishi, Masateru Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 9886985
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a housing and a sealing board fixed to a base of the housing. The base includes a through-hole and an installation surface formed around the through-hole. One of a first principal surface of the sealing board and the installation surface includes a projection formed therein. The sealing board is fixed to the installation surface by an adhesive material provided on an outer side of the projection with respect to the through-hole with the first principal surface or the installation surface abutting against the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Makoto Okamoto, Takuma Kido, Yasutaka Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9865309
    Abstract: An apparatus and associated method for enclosing an environment-sensitive component. An enclosure separates an interior environment inside the enclosure from an external environment outside the enclosure. The enclosure has an environmental control system that captures a contaminant from the internal environment to a filter via a first diffusion path, and captures the contaminant from the external environment to the same filter via a different second diffusion path, the diffusion paths providing substantially different flow resistances to fluids carrying the contaminants to the filter via the respective diffusion paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Robert Dean Turner, David Andrew Olivero, Yue Ma, Quinn Jay Haddock
  • Patent number: 9852777
    Abstract: A hermetically-sealed hard disk drive (HDD) involves the inner surfaces of sidewalls of a second cover overlapping with and adhesively bonded with the outermost surfaces of sidewalls of an enclosure base. Matching angled sidewalls for the inner and outermost surfaces, and an adhesive bond that provides a hermetic seal in which a ratio of the height to the thickness of the adhesive bond is in a range of 50-100:1, may be utilized to provide a hermetic seal having a long, narrow diffusion path to inhibit diffusion of gas through the adhesive bond. The second cover may include preformed corner corrugations, and the base may include corner pockets in which corner pleats, formed with the corner corrugations by bending inward the cover sidewalls, are received within when the cover and base are bonded together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas R. Albrecht
  • Patent number: 9823692
    Abstract: A hard drive includes a base deck and process cover that define a cavity for housing data storage components. The hard drive further includes a final cover that is placed over the process cover and is coupled to the base deck. The final cover and process cover are directly coupled to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: David G. Fitzgerald, Jerome Thomas Coffey, Samuel Edward Severson, David R. Lapp
  • Patent number: 9818453
    Abstract: A hard drive includes a base deck with sidewalls to define a cavity. The hard drive further includes a weld lip that is positioned along and extends from the sidewalls. The weld lip includes a thermal choke that is configured to reduce heat transfer from the weld lip to the sidewalls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: David R. Lapp, Neal F. Gunderson, Wolfgang Rosner, Robert M. Gibbs, Kok Chai Low, Edward J. Seibert, David G. Fitzgerald, Sonia Marrero, Jeffrey James Croxall
  • Patent number: 9721619
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kimihiko Sudo, Takako Hayakawa, Yuichi Arai, Yuta Onobu
  • Patent number: 9672870
    Abstract: An electrical feed-through, such as a PCB connector, involves a connector part that includes a housing from which first and second positioning flanges extend from opposing ends. A data storage device includes an enclosure base with which the electrical feed-through is coupled, where the base comprises an annular recessed surface surrounding an aperture that is encompassed by the electrical feed-through, and first and second recessed positioning surfaces extending in directions outward from respective longitudinal ends of the annular recessed surface, where each of the recessed positioning surfaces has a corresponding wall extending vertically therefrom. When assembled, each positioning flange of the electrical feed-through mechanically mates with a corresponding recessed positioning surface of the base, such that the position of the electrical feed-through is constrained by the walls of each recessed positioning surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Naoshi Mizumoto, Naoaki Kanada, Mutsuro Ohta, Gentaro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9530449
    Abstract: Certain exemplary aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards an apparatus including a base deck, a plurality of storage mediums, and a plurality of disc separator plates. Each disc separator plate includes one or more mounting pad surfaces, at least one of the surfaces having a protrusion. The disc separator plates are coupled to one another and the base deck via the mounting pads, with the disc separator plates in a stacked arrangement. The protrusion or protrusions facilitate alignment of the plurality of disc separator plates in the stacked arrangement, and mitigate contact between the storage mediums and the disc separator plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Stanislaw A. Dobosz, Jackson W. Nichols
  • Patent number: 9504172
    Abstract: An electronic assembly including a printed circuit board (PCB), a housing, and a shock absorbing device that is intermediate the printed circuit board and the housing. The shock absorbing device is formed of an insulative and compliant material, such as a thermoplastic elastomer material. The side walls of the shock absorbing device defines a groove surrounds and at least partially encloses the edges of the printed circuit board. The shock absorbing device defines an aperture through which a fastener is configured to pass to secure the shock absorbing device to the housing and thus securing the printed circuit board within the housing. The shock absorbing device is intermediate the fastener and the printed circuit board so that there is no direct contact between the fastener and the printed circuit board which could transmit impact shock directly from the housing to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Raschilla, Steven William Marzo
  • Patent number: 9472242
    Abstract: A storage base having an interior side and an exterior side is described. The storage drive base includes a slotted aperature, a flexible circuit and a sealing-adhesive barrier. The slotted aperature passes through the storage drive base from the interior side to the exterior side. The flexible circuit has a first end and a second end. The first end of the flexible circuit is installed in the slotted aperture and aligned so that the first end extends along an interior surface of the storage drive base in a location proximal to the slotted aperture. The sealing-adhesive barrier is applied between edges of the slotted aperture and the flexible circuit to form a hermetic seal between the exterior side and the interior side of the storage drive base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Lynn Bich-Quy Le, Thomas J. Hitchner
  • Patent number: 9458936
    Abstract: Certain exemplary aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards an apparatus in which a base deck and a base deck cover interface with one another to provide a permeability path. The base deck includes an outer region, and the base deck cover includes a lip that interfaces with the outer region of the base deck to provide the permeability path. The permeability is further defined by at least three interleaved sidewalls of the base deck and base deck cover that define two segments of the permeability path. The permeability path is filled with a polymer material that creates a seal between the base deck and base deck cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Frank William Bernett, Neal Gunderson, Steven Lee Weber
  • Patent number: 9311966
    Abstract: A storage device enclosure may include a baseplate having a bottom portion and walls extending from a perimeter of the bottom portion, a cover that includes a planar interface surface with the baseplate, and a gasket configured to be compressed between the baseplate and the cover at the interface surface. The cover may include a skirt extending about a perimeter of the cover and one or more discrete areas with a hem in place of the skirt. The baseplate may include one or more close clearance areas are thinner and that correspond to areas of the cover that include the hem. One or more hemmed seals are formed when the baseplate and the cover are pressed together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Jae Suk Lee, Sung Kwon Choi
  • Patent number: 9305585
    Abstract: The present invention provides a recording device that offers a large displacement control effect. The recording device includes a recording medium 224, a motor 222 that drives the recording medium, and a recording device head M1 that records and reproduces a signal to and from the recording medium. The recording device also has a displacement control mechanism M2. The displacement control mechanism M2 includes a vibrating plate 226 that has two opposing surfaces facing the recording medium, the vibrating plate being displaced in the rotation axis direction of the recording medium; and an oscillator 232 that is positioned away from the two opposing surfaces of the vibrating plate facing the recording medium, the oscillator driving and displacing the vibrating plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiro Hashidume, Yoshiaki Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 9286924
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit assembly includes a flexible printed circuit board including a base portion and a relay portion extending from a first edge of the base portion and capable of being bent relative to the base portion, a first reinforcing member disposed at the relay portion, and a second reinforcing member attached to a first region of the base portion that includes a second edge opposite to the first edge and having an engaging portion. The first region of the base portion is capable of being folded back towards a second region of the base portion that includes the first edge, and the engaging portion of the second reinforcing member is capable of being engaged with the first reinforcing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Naoto Akatsuka, Hideki Yamaguchi, Yoshinori Sato, Tomoki Yaguchi
  • Patent number: 9247660
    Abstract: An isolator system for a segmented frame is provided. The isolator system in one example includes a riser block configured to be affixed in a riser aperture of the segmented frame, with the riser block including one or more damper receptacles and one or more corresponding central shafts extending up at least partially through the one or more damper receptacles, one or more elastomeric dampers comprising substantially cylindrical bodies and central bores extending partially through the bodies, with the one or more elastomeric dampers fitting over the one or more shafts and into the damper receptacles, with the one or more elastomeric dampers being formed of an at least partially elastomeric material, and one or more coil springs located over the one or more elastomeric dampers, wherein the one or more elastomeric dampers and the one or more coil springs compress in response to force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: HGST Netherlands, B.V.
    Inventors: Michael Stephen Bell, Jeffrey David Wilke
  • Patent number: 9230598
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, an apparatus includes a basedeck for a hard disc drive. The basedeck includes an interior surface for supporting disc drive components and an exterior surface. The basedeck includes a cavity in either the exterior surface or interior surface. The cavity includes at least two pads for supporting an electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Frank Bernett, Tave Fruge
  • Patent number: 9190116
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present disclosure include a hard disc drive housing comprising a baseplate having a bottom portion and walls extending from a perimeter of the bottom portion, the walls including a clearance area; a cover that includes a planar interface surface with the baseplate, the interface surface having a width that exceeds the baseplate wall thickness in the clearance area; and a gasket configured to be compressed between the baseplate and the cover at the interface surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventor: Robert David Freeman
  • Patent number: 9183889
    Abstract: A disk drive has a disk drive base with a central cavity surrounded by a peripheral wall. The disk drive also includes a top cover attached to the disk drive base and disposed over the central cavity to define a disk drive enclosure. A disk is rotatably attached to the disk drive base within the central cavity, and is disposed within the disk drive enclosure. The top cover has a central top face that defines a central top face plane. A foil seal is adhered to the central top face. The central top face of the top cover includes a first channel that has a bottom land that is depressed towards the disk relative to the central top face plane, and the foil seal covers the first channel. The first channel is vented to the central cavity by a hole through the bottom land of the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Smyth, David K. Myers
  • Patent number: 9171583
    Abstract: A disk drive has a disk drive base with a central cavity surrounded by a peripheral wall that has a peripheral top face. The disk drive has a top cover with an outer periphery spaced from the peripheral wall by a peripheral clearance gap. A foil seal is adhered to a central top face of the top cover and the peripheral top face of the peripheral wall, and spans the peripheral clearance gap. The top cover includes a first channel that is depressed relative to the central top face. The foil seal covers the first channel, and the first channel is vented to the central cavity by a venting channel that connects the first channel to the peripheral clearance gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Smyth, David K. Myers
  • Patent number: 9121888
    Abstract: A method of testing anti-high temperature performance of a magnetic head comprises applying a second magnetic field with different intensities in a second direction and the changing first magnetic fields in a first direction, and measuring a plurality of second output parameter curves; and judging whether a variation that is beyond an allowable value is presented on the second output parameter curves, thereby screening out a defective magnetic head, therein the first direction is perpendicular to the air bearing surface of the magnetic head, and the second direction is perpendicular to the shielding layers of the magnetic head. The present invention can screen out defective magnetic heads that possess poor anti-high temperature performance without heating the magnetic head and with high precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD.
    Inventors: Chiuming Lueng, Cheukman Lui, Mankit Lee, Hokei Lam, Kwokkam Leung, Cheukwing Leung, Juren Ding, Rongkwang Ni
  • Patent number: 9019657
    Abstract: A disk drive assembly including a disk drive enclosure including an enclosure main body forming an interior region, the interior region having a Voice Coil Motor (VCM) assembly receiving portion configured to hold a VCM assembly; and a cover member configured to engage the enclosure main body and cover the interior region of the enclosure main body, and expose at least a portion of the VCM Assembly receiving portion; and a VCM assembly disposed within the VCM assembly receiving portion of the enclosure main body, the VCM assembly comprising a cover supporting member configured to engage and support the cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel T. Nguyen, Scott E. Watson, Andre Y. Liem, Jonathan M. Garbarino, Joshua P. Weiher