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5875063 Housing for removable mass-storage drives  
In a housing for removable computer mass-storage drives, commands coming in over a computer bus direct a removable mass-storage drive to spin down. Electronics in the housing detects that a...
5872688 Miniature hard disk drive having linear loud-beam suspension and thin voice coil motor  
The invention is a miniature disc drive system. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a positioner for positioning a transducer includes an actuator arm having the transducer mounted at one...
5872680 Disk drive seal attached to a motor ring flange  
A seal is coupled to a movable member in a disk drive for sealing an opening in a chassis over which the movable member passes. The seal comprises a first layer of foam attached to the movable...
5872678 Enclosure assembly for a disk with a locational and retention cast docket structure for a connector and flexible cable connected to an electronics card  
A data storage disk drive is provided with a spindle which supports at least one disk having at least one magnetic disk surface to form a spindle assembly for rotation of the disk surfaces about a...
5864441 Actuator mounting apparatus for top-down data storage system assembly  
An apparatus for mounting an actuator of a data storage system to a housing which uses a single mounting screw. The mounting screw is disposed within an aperture provided on the housing cover and a...
5859745 Split ring mounting for disk drive spindle and actuator shafts  
In a magnetic disk drive, a stationary spindle shaft and a rotary actuator shaft are mounted to opposed walls of the drive housing in precise radial and axial alignment with one of the walls,...
5859746 Magnetic disk drive and flexible printed board used in such drive  
A magnetic disk drive having one or more magnetic disks, one or more read/write heads each recording or reproducing information for a corresponding one of the magnetic disks, a servo head reading...
5854721 Balancing device of actuator in hard disk drive  
A balancing device of an actuator in a hard disk drive, for mass balancing an actuator arm which rotates about a pivot bearing. The balancing device includes an actuator arm having a mounting hole...
RE36016 Disc storage device having an integrated driving system  
The present invention relates to an integrated driving system for signal-processing devices, especially video devices (recorders), and other, preferably magnetic pulse recording devices, wherein...
5851643 Magnetic recording media and magnetic recording read-back system which uses such media  
A magnetic recording media with a magnetic film made from at least two layers stacked via a non-magnetic intermediate layer, wherein the magnetic film is formed on a structure control underlayer...
5850317 Apparatus and method for near contact magnetic recording  
A rotating magnetic storage device is shown wherein the transducer and media are separated during operation by a thin film of low viscosity liquid lubricant that is recirculated from a reservoir...
5847899 Magnetic disk recording and reproducing apparatus  
A thin film magnetic head includes a slider and thin film magnetic transducers, the slider supporting the thin film magnetic transducers. At least one of these thin film magnetic transducers is a...
5841605 Caddy for cartridge and disk drive accomodating a caddy  
A caddy for adapting a mini-cartridge for use in a full-sized disk drive. The mini-cartridge is designed for use in a mini disk drive, which has dimensions and other characteristics different from...
5841606 Magnetic recording/reproducing device with magnetic shield between voice coil motor and flexible cable  
In a magnetic recording/reproducing device, a voice coil motor includes a voice coil and a magnetic circuit for producing a magnetic field intersecting the electric current flowing through the...
5835303 Microminiature hard disk drive  
Disclosed is a rigid disk drive information storage device which includes a rigid disk having an outside diameter in the range of about 33-34 mm., with a housing having a footprint that includes a...
5834084 Disc drive flex assembly having a low particulating circuit board  
A low particulating circuit board for a disc drive flex assembly, and a method for forming the same, are disclosed. The circuit board comprises a conductive metal substrate which has sufficient...
5831788 Circuit connector  
A circuit connector for connecting a flex inter-connect circuit to an electronic circuit is provided herein. The flex inter-connect circuit includes a trace which is substantially enclosed within...
5821646 Spindle motor with seal structure  
A spindle motor comprises a stationary shaft, a rotor hub rotatably mounted by ball bearings to the stationary shaft, and annular sealing members disposed between the outer surface of the...
5820964 Magnetic disk, and magnetic disk apparatus  
The present invention is aimed at providing a magnetic disk and a magnetic disk apparatus both of which have a high performance lubricating film which makes continuous sliding endurance and low...
5822152 Ultra-slim disk storage unit with an enclosed circuit board and a hydrodynamic bearing assembly which forms a stable meniscus  
An ultra-slim disk storage unit includes a frame and a cover for engaging the frame to create first and second enclosed spaces therein. In one of the enclosed spaces a disk drive assembly is housed...
5818667 Retaining apparatus for a disk drive actuator assembly electrical flex circuit  
A rotating disk memory apparatus includes an actuator assembly electrical interconnect. Flex circuit tape retainers are provided to substantially reduce and ideally eliminate torque forces on the...
RE35915 Apparatus for removably supporting a plurality of hot plug-connected hard disk drives  
A series of hard disk drives are secured atop molded plastic support trays slidably and removably received in opposing guide channel member pairs snap-fitted into opposite side walls of a sheet...
5815343 Magnetic recording medium, process for producing the same and magnetic recording system  
A magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic substrate, and a magnetic layer provided on the non-magnetic substrate. The value of the product Br 1 δ of the residual flux density Br 1 of...
5815342 Perpendicular magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus  
Disclosed is a perpendicular magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus comprising perpendicular magnetic recording media and magnetic heads. Each perpendicular magnetic recording medium has a...
5808838 Miniature head disc drive system voice coil with single coil and dual stationary magnets  
A disc drive system having at least one hard disc having concentric tracks is supported by a hub positioned in a centrally located aperture. The disc is rotated at a constant speed by a DC motor...
5808830 Architecture for 2-1/2 inch diameter single disk drive  
A two and one half inch form factor disk drive has a metallic base and a metallic cover to enhance the rigidity of these components with respect to plastic components. The sealing of a controlled...
5805378 Magnetic disk drive of a structure capable of being lightened in weight  
A sub-printed board 40 is disposed on a main plate of a main frame 30 at a position close to a front bezel 37. A main printed board 31 is provided on the main plate at a position opposite to the...
5805377 Wire carrier for disk drive  
A member securing electrical conductors coupled to a read/write head in a storage device over termination pads of an electrical flex circuit. Generally, the storage device includes an actuator...
5801899 Mechanical shock protection for a disc drive  
Apparatus for protecting a disc drive from damage due to non-operational mechanical shocks, the disc drive comprising a rotatable disc having an inner radius and an outer radius and a controllably...
5801505 Disk drive stiction release system  
A disk drive including firmware for overcoming stiction and breaking free the heads of a disk drive which may adhere to the disk surface when the disk is at rest. Upon start-up of the disk drive,...
5796539 Magnetic disk apparatus for a magnetic disk having projections provided thereon  
In a magnetic disk apparatus including a magnetic head and a magnetic disk medium having projections provided with a constant regularity, a rotating portion for driving the rotation of the magnetic...
5796193 Disk driving motor  
A rotor is formed by a rotary frame 3 composed of a nonmagnetic material, a field magnet 5, a yoke 4 and an auxiliary yoke 7. A disk 12 is mounted on the rotary frame 3. An opening 4b is formed in...
5777398 Internal backup power device for a computer  
A back-up power device for a microcomputer which can supply back-up power to a microcomputer in the event of a power failure. The power device is installed in a standard disc or hard disc drive...
5768049 Disk drive apparatus  
A disk drive apparatus, by using an integrated base structure made up of a base portion and a printed circuit board, and an integrated cover structure made up of a cover casting and a printed...
5765275 Method of manufacturing hard disk drive unit  
The drive unit is improved in precision while the number of its manufacturing steps is a minimum. The drive unit reduces its manufacturing cost, and comprises a base plate 1 assuming a...
5764434 Disk drive system  
A computer system providing for quick removal and quick and simple installation of a disk drive unit into the system. A latching and positioning arrangement provides releasable support for the disk...
5760997 Flexible cable structure for magnetic disk drives  
In a hard disk drive, power and signals are transferred through a flexible cable 42 between a carriage having a magnetic head reading magnetic information while the positioning of the magnetic head...
5757587 Direct access storage device having a disk motion limiter for preventing disk data zone and spindle bearing damage  
A direct access storage device (DASD) includes a plurality of motion limiters and/or a continuous motion limiter projecting from at least one of the base and cover, each motion limiter having faces...
5754364 Magnetic disk apparatus  
An apparatus having a magnetic head assembly including a plurality of arms each arm having a magnetic head fixed to a nose portion thereof and a magnetic disk unit having a plurality of magnetic...
5752083 Method for receiving a first SCSI command, subsequent receiving second SCSI command and starting data transfer, reconnecting and performing data transfer for first SCSI command  
A hard disk controller integrated circuit of a SCSI target-device comprises a sequencer which causes a SCSI bus to transition from a command bus phase to a data transfer bus phase during execution...
5751508 Disk drive with actuator to overcome stiction  
A system for overcoming force which inhibits movement of a data storage device is provided. An actuator is mounted at the perimeter of a circular data storage device and has a pivoting armature....
5751514 Intelligent disk drive having spring contacts on a board assembly for connecting to exterior-facing electrical contacts coupled to a spindle motor  
An intelligent hard disk drive, which includes a head disk assembly (HDA) and a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), has a thin configuration. The HDA includes a spindle motor and the PCBA...
5748404 Magnetic recording/reproducing device with chassis support structure  
A magnetic recording/reproducing device including a top cover having a plurality of leg portions 1e with cutouts that project from each side face of the top cover such that the location of a leg...
5737150 Magnetic disk unit with an impact force applying mechanism  
A magnetic disk unit has a magnetic head-disk stickiness eliminating mechanism suitable for a small-sized, low power consumption type magnetic disk unit of a high recording density. The magnetic...
5734519 Contact magnetic recording disk file with improved head assembly  
A contact recording disk file uses an integrated head-suspension assembly having a head carrier with a dual-layer wear pad for contacting the disk during read and write operations. The outer wear...
5724216 Removable cartridge which may be mounted to a disk drive spindle motor without relative movement between the motor and a housing of the cartridge  
A removable cartridge (200) for a disk drive (30) which has a 1.8 inch form factor, has multifunction features which allow for high data storage capacity at a reduced size. The cartridge (200)...
5717541 Flexible circuit assembly for disk storage system  
A flexlead circuit assembly is provided for use in a rotary disk storage system and is designed so that the inherent bias force exerted by the flexible circuit on the actuator arm of the disk...
RE35713 Disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus  
A magnetic disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprises a frame, a recording/reproducing unit detachably mounted on a frame and a front panel detachably mounted on the frame and having an...
5695864 Electronic device using magnetic components  
In the present invention, electrons flow through a free or excitable magnet, or reflect from it, to make its magnetization respond. To accomplish this, the spin vectors of the flowing electrons are...
5693426 Magnetic recording medium with B2 structured underlayer and a cobalt-based magnetic layer  
The present invention provides a longitudinal magnetic recording media having a substrate, a Co or Co alloy based layer and an underlayer disposed between the substrate and the magnetic layer...