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Shawn E. Casey
Also filed as: CASEY SHAWN · CASEY SHAWN E
24 granted patents·1,173 citations·filing 1988–2014
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24 records- 0197US6934126B1Disk drive including a base assembly having a flex-to-board edge connectorWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 23, 2005·90 cites·48 claims
- 0297US5270887ACompact disk drive head disk assembly with conformable tape sealWESTERN DIGITAL CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Dec 14, 1993·91 cites·13 claims
- 0395US6710980B1Disk drive comprising an inertial actuator latch with strip-spring biasingWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 23, 2004·62 cites·16 claims
- 0495US6519116B1Actuator arm assembly having bearing gap formed between bearing outer race and pivot sleeve for mitigating torque ripple on actuator arm in a disk driveWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 11, 2003·61 cites·22 claims
- 0595US6462914B1Voice coil motor comprising a voice coil wrapped around a rotary voice coil yoke comprising a low reluctance end and a high reluctance endWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 8, 2002·63 cites·19 claims
- 0694US8705201B2Information storage device with a damping insert sheet between a housing bay and a disk driveCASEY SHAWN E·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 22, 2014·54 cites·13 claims
- 0794US6185074B1Inertial latch having an interposer that prevents the head from leaving the ramp load during a shock eventWESTERN DIGITAL CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 6, 2001·86 cites·20 claims
- 0893US7375929B1Actuator including an actuator body with parallel support extensions and coil support tab for supporting a coil and method of making the sameWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted May 20, 2008·49 cites·17 claims
- 0993US7180711B1Head stack assembly with an actuator body and flex cable guiding support and method of making the sameWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 20, 2007·49 cites·9 claims
- 1093US7145753B1Head stack assembly with insulated wiring extending between actuator coil and actuator main body section disposed in lateral wiring protector extending from actuator bodyWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 5, 2006·48 cites·18 claims
- 1193US6502300B1Method 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 axisWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 7, 2003·56 cites·5 claims
- 1293US6349464B1Method of making a balance-compensated rotary actuator based upon track-follow performance of a rotatable test head stack assembly portionWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 26, 2002·59 cites·18 claims
- 1392US6571460B1Method 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 axisWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 3, 2003·47 cites·12 claims
- 1492US4890176ACrash stop and magnetic latch for a voice coil actuatorSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY·Filed 1988·Granted Dec 26, 1989·50 cites·5 claims
- 1591US6522504B1Head stack assembly and disk drive using a reversed direction head gimbal assemblyWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 18, 2003·35 cites·18 claims
- 1689US9099163B1Hard disk drive (HDD) mounting system for shock and vibrationWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 4, 2015·13 cites·22 claims
- 1789US5781380ASwing-type actuator assembly having internal conductorsWESTERN DIGITAL CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 14, 1998·84 cites·28 claims
- 1884US5991123AHDD head stack assembly having conductive traces supported by the sides of the actuator arm to extend in planar arraysWESTERN DIGITAL CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 23, 1999·46 cites·18 claims
- 1982US9036295B1Information storage device with a damping insert sheet between a housing bay and a disk driveWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted May 19, 2015·5 cites·18 claims
- 2082US4947274AResiliently mounted crash stop and magnetic latch for a voice coil actuatorSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY·Filed 1989·Granted Aug 7, 1990·27 cites·9 claims
- 2181US5224000ACrash stop and magnetic latch for a voice coil actuatorSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY·Filed 1992·Granted Jun 29, 1993·30 cites·7 claims
- 2280US5796554ALoad beam assembly with separate spring and hinge functionsWESTERN DIGITAL CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 18, 1998·36 cites·66 claims
- 2378US5570250ADisk drive head disk assembly actuator mount mechanismWESTERN DIGITAL CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Oct 29, 1996·21 cites·5 claims
- 2453US5768061ALow-inertia actuator coil for a disk driveWESTERN DIGITAL CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 16, 1998·11 cites·22 claims
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