Inventor
FORBORD KENT J
US18 patents
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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY
10 patentsUS6018439AJan 25, 2000
Connector assembly for connecting transducing heads to a flex circuit of a disc drive
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY21 citations92
US5909342AJun 1, 1999
Planar flexible circuit package for coupling transducers with carriage mounted circuitry
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY32 citations90
US5161074ANov 3, 1992
Flexible retainer for cantilevered matrix board
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY26 citations90
US6008966ADec 28, 1999
Desiccant housing for a disc drive
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY25 citations87
US5991124ANov 23, 1999
Rotary disc drive actuator utilizing plural axially spaced and partially overlapped voice coils
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY10 citations73
US5999375ADec 7, 1999
Positioning inner and outer tracks on a recording disc
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY13 citations71
US5859745AJan 12, 1999
Split ring mounting for disk drive spindle and actuator shafts
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY12 citations68
US5442505AAug 15, 1995
Block assembly for a disk drive with augmenting magnets
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY6 citations62
US5982578ANov 9, 1999
Disk drive housing with recess for circuit panel
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY2 citations60
US5606473AFeb 25, 1997
Unitary rigid and flexible circuit package for disk drives
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY2 citations60
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
6 patentsUS6900962B1May 31, 2005
High performance standard configuration disc drive having smaller-than-standard discs
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC29 citations92
US6989959B2Jan 24, 2006
Drive level flow-field conditioning to reduce flow field turbulence
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC21 citations91
US6496327B2Dec 17, 2002
Arm and suspension shroud for a disc drive
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC24 citations90
US6583965B1Jun 24, 2003
Inertia ring for improved rotational vibration performance
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC13 citations81
US9460756B1Oct 4, 2016
Hermetically sealed apparatus with seal guard
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC15 citations80
US10706893B1Jul 7, 2020
Method of temporarily sealing data storage device and device
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC5 citations67