Inventor
CASEY SHAWN E
US21 patents
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WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
13 patentsUS6934126B1Aug 23, 2005
Disk drive including a base assembly having a flex-to-board edge connector
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC90 citations98
US6519116B1Feb 11, 2003
Actuator arm assembly having bearing gap formed between bearing outer race and pivot sleeve for mitigating torque ripple on actuator arm in a disk drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC61 citations96
US6349464B1Feb 26, 2002
Method of making a balance-compensated rotary actuator based upon track-follow performance of a rotatable test head stack assembly portion
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC59 citations96
US6710980B1Mar 23, 2004
Disk drive comprising an inertial actuator latch with strip-spring biasing
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC62 citations95
US6571460B1Jun 3, 2003
Method and apparatus for balancing a rotary actuator by modifying weight distribution characteristics of the rotary actuator for locating an installed head stack assembly portion center-of-gravity along a pivot axis
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC47 citations94
US6502300B1Jan 7, 2003
Method and apparatus for balancing a rotary actuator by modifying weight distribution characteristics of the rotary actuator for locating an installed head stack assembly portion center-of-gravity along a pivot axis
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC56 citations94
US6462914B1Oct 8, 2002
Voice coil motor comprising a voice coil wrapped around a rotary voice coil yoke comprising a low reluctance end and a high reluctance end
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC63 citations94
US7375929B1May 20, 2008
Actuator including an actuator body with parallel support extensions and coil support tab for supporting a coil and method of making the same
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC49 citations92
US7180711B1Feb 20, 2007
Head stack assembly with an actuator body and flex cable guiding support and method of making the same
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC49 citations92
US7145753B1Dec 5, 2006
Head stack assembly with insulated wiring extending between actuator coil and actuator main body section disposed in lateral wiring protector extending from actuator body
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC48 citations92
US6522504B1Feb 18, 2003
Head stack assembly and disk drive using a reversed direction head gimbal assembly
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC35 citations92
US9099163B1Aug 4, 2015
Hard disk drive (HDD) mounting system for shock and vibration
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC13 citations81
US9036295B1May 19, 2015
Information storage device with a damping insert sheet between a housing bay and a disk drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC5 citations72
WESTERN DIGITAL CORP
4 patentsUS5270887ADec 14, 1993
Compact disk drive head disk assembly with conformable tape seal
WESTERN DIGITAL CORP91 citations96
US6185074B1Feb 6, 2001
Inertial latch having an interposer that prevents the head from leaving the ramp load during a shock event
WESTERN DIGITAL CORP86 citations95
US5781380AJul 14, 1998
Swing-type actuator assembly having internal conductors
WESTERN DIGITAL CORP84 citations93
US5570250AOct 29, 1996
Disk drive head disk assembly actuator mount mechanism
WESTERN DIGITAL CORP21 citations92
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY
3 patentsUS5224000AJun 29, 1993
Crash stop and magnetic latch for a voice coil actuator
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY30 citations92
US4947274AAug 7, 1990
Resiliently mounted crash stop and magnetic latch for a voice coil actuator
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY27 citations92
US4890176ADec 26, 1989
Crash stop and magnetic latch for a voice coil actuator
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY50 citations92