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Andre S. Chan

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Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12094500 Hard disk drive carriage arm depression Yoshiyuki Hirono 2024-09-17
11615810 Hard disk drive non-uniform disk shroud clearance Yoshiyuki Hirono, Yuichi Arai 2023-03-28
10283169 Control of vortex shedding associated with a hard disk drive damper plate Scott Abrahamson 2019-05-07
10056117 Data storage device baseplate diverter and downstream spoiler Ta-Chang Fu, Hitoshi Shindo, Takaaki Deguchi, May C. Kung, Myeong-Eop Kim 2018-08-21
9001470 Flexible printed circuit board stiffener for hard disk drive Raymond Quines, Edgar D. Rothenberg, Taeyong Yoon 2015-04-07
8619386 Minimizing flow induced vibration in a hard disk drive with a hybrid planar plate having a bypass channel 2013-12-31
8355220 Upstream spoiler with integrated crash stop Ferdinand Hendriks 2013-01-15
8351150 Isolating unstable air pressure in a hard disk drive (HDD) 2013-01-08
8274754 System, method and apparatus for integrated bypass channel and diverter for hard disk drives Chisin Chiang, Ferdinand Hendriks, James F. Sullivan 2012-09-25
8228630 Conductive paths in a hard disk drive enclosure Ravinder Singh Ajmani, Chisin Chiang, Ryan T. Davis, Hitoshi Shindo 2012-07-24
8102618 System, method and apparatus for disk drive recirculation filter having inlet and outlet disk rim shrouding Ferdinand Hendriks, Robert C. Reinhart, James F. Sullivan 2012-01-24
8085494 Airflow diverter in a hard disk drive system Ryan T. Davis, Antony Nguyen, Kirk B. Price 2011-12-27
8077431 Apparatus and method for reducing turbulence of airflow in a hard disk drive Yukinobu Abe, Ferdinand Hendriks, Masato Ikegawa, Hiroshi Mukai, Keiichi Takemori 2011-12-13
8077430 System and apparatus for mass-balanced spoiler in disk storage devices Ferdinand Hendriks, Keiichi Takemori 2011-12-13
8031430 System, method, and apparatus for lightweight spoiler wing design for de-populated disk drives Chisin Chiang, Ferdinand Hendriks 2011-10-04
8004790 Spoiler with integrated bypass channel wall for HDD applications Chisin Chiang, Ferdinand Hendriks, James F. Sullivan 2011-08-23
7936533 System, method and apparatus for wall slot in disk drive bypass channel for enhanced voice coil motor cooling Chisin Chang, Ferdinand Hendriks 2011-05-03
7907365 Apparatus for controlling and sealing airflow around disk drive bypass walls Chisin Chiang, Ferdinand Hendriks, Brad V. Johnson 2011-03-15
7898764 System, method, and apparatus for slit shroud with integrated bypass channel wall feature for disk drive applications Chisin Chiang, James F. Sullivan, Ferdinand Hendriks 2011-03-01
7869159 Apparatus and method for reducing turbulence of airflow in a hard disk drive Yukinobu Abe, Ferdinand Hendriks, Masato Ikegawa, Hiroshi Mukai, Keiichi Takemori 2011-01-11
7787219 In a disk drive apparatus having a diverter for providing streamlined contour and reduced axial flow at the actuator attachment interface between a flexible cable and flexure Manoj Keshavan 2010-08-31
7599148 Apparatus and method for integral filter and bypass channel in a hard disk drive Theresa S. Chu, Ferdinand Hendriks 2009-10-06
7450337 Apparatus and method for guiding bypass reentry flow through contraction and filter in a hard disk drive Michael R. Hatchett, Ferdinand Hendriks, Jr-Yi Shen 2008-11-11
7436626 Clamp assembly for a data storage device with a lubricant trap to prevent lubricant migration from mounting screws John M. Burns, Lynn Liebschutz, Jr-Yi Shen 2008-10-14
7405904 Aerodynamic diverter integrated with a diffuser and a contraction in a bypass channel for a disk storage device Ferdinand Hendriks, Michael R. Hatchett, Jr-Yi Shen 2008-07-29