Inventor
SCURA JOHN E
US22 patents
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WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
11 patentsUS6698286B1Mar 2, 2004
Method of balancing a disk pack using spindle motor imbalance and disk drive including a balanced disk pack
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC63 citations96
US6980401B1Dec 27, 2005
Head stack and actuator arm assemblies including a bobbin to stiffen the coil portion of an actuator of a hard disk drive and disk drives including the same
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC58 citations95
US6583968B1Jun 24, 2003
Spindle motor hub having equivalent MR read element bias voltage to mitigate potential between disk and MR read element
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC151 citations95
US8760814B1Jun 24, 2014
Disk drive head suspension assembly having a DLC coating between dimple and tongue
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC47 citations94
US6704167B1Mar 9, 2004
Disk drive including damping member disposed upon latch for damping tang-to-latch impact and mitigating tang-to-latch contact
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC49 citations92
US8908332B2Dec 9, 2014
Suspension assembly having a microactuator grounded to a flexure
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC5 citations84
US8964328B1Feb 24, 2015
Shock sensor on an external surface of a disk drive base adjacent a disk drive printed circuit board
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC4 citations71
US9099131B1Aug 4, 2015
Suspension assembly having a microactuator electrically connected to a gold coating on a stainless steel surface
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC1 citations63
US9230580B1Jan 5, 2016
Suspension assembly having a microactuator grounded to a flexure
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations62
US9564156B1Feb 7, 2017
Head gimbal assembly having a flexure tail with cover layer standoff islands
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC1 citations52
US9472218B2Oct 18, 2016
Suspension assembly having a microactuator electrically connected to a gold coating on a stainless steel surface
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations52