Inventor
TIAN JIFANG
US33 patents
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WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
10 patentsUS8593764B1Nov 26, 2013
Method for fine actuation of a head during operation of a disk drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC65 citations98
US8797691B1Aug 5, 2014
Disk drive head suspension with a single piezoelectric element adhered to rotary-actuated and non-actuated portions of a structural layer of a tongue of a laminated flexure
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC39 citations93
US8982513B1Mar 17, 2015
Disk drive head suspension with dual piezoelectric elements adhered to rotary-actuated and non-actuated portions of a structural layer of a tongue of a laminated flexure
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC12 citations83
US9401165B1Jul 26, 2016
Method and system to monitor magnetic head loading and unloading stability for a data storage system
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC4 citations73
US9142225B1Sep 22, 2015
Electronic system with actuator control mechanism and method of operation thereof
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC5 citations73
US9036295B1May 19, 2015
Information storage device with a damping insert sheet between a housing bay and a disk drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC5 citations72
US9947370B1Apr 17, 2018
Hard disk drive support in USB enclosure to improve vibration isolation
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations70
US9076471B1Jul 7, 2015
Fall detection scheme using FFS
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations62
US9361947B1Jun 7, 2016
Hard disk drive motor cup support
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations57
US9299384B1Mar 29, 2016
Ultra-thin HDD embedded disk clamp design
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations52
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL
5 patentsUS7903377B2Mar 8, 2011
System, method, and apparatus for an independent flexible cable damper for reducing flexible cable fatigue in a hard disk drive
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL7 citations84
US7848058B2Dec 7, 2010
Voice coil damper
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL13 citations84
US7976221B2Jul 12, 2011
System and method for improving lubrication in a fluid dynamic bearing near the contact region
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL3 citations63
US8040639B2Oct 18, 2011
Integrated silicon micro-actuator slider
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL1 citations52
US8027123B2Sep 27, 2011
Integrated windage blocker for reduction of flex cable vibration in a disk drive
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL1 citations46
TIAN JIFANG
4 patentsUS8693139B2Apr 8, 2014
Ultra-thin HDD embedded disk clamp design
TIAN JIFANG49 citations97
US8295012B1Oct 23, 2012
Disk drive suspension assembly with rotary fine actuator at flexure tongue
TIAN JIFANG96 citations97
US8411389B1Apr 2, 2013
Disk drive fluid dynamic bearing spindle
TIAN JIFANG49 citations94
US9116066B1Aug 25, 2015
Devices and methods for system-level disk drive vibration and shock testing
TIAN JIFANG4 citations71
HUANG FU-YING
3 patentsUS8228639B2Jul 24, 2012
Symmetrically tapered constrained layer damper for a flex cable assembly for a hard disk drive
HUANG FU-YING5 citations62
US8223461B2Jul 17, 2012
Pure rotary microactuator
HUANG FU-YING3 citations62
US8233241B2Jul 31, 2012
Positioning weight assemblies along a dynamic loop section of a flex cable to reduce flex cable oscillation
HUANG FU-YING0 citations41