JD

John C. Dunfield

ST Seagate Technology: 45 patents #75 of 4,626Top 2%
ST Seagate Technologies: 1 patents #14 of 110Top 15%
Overall (All Time): #63,591 of 4,157,543Top 2%
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Showing 25 most recent of 46 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
6538836 Microactuator for fine positioning in a disc drive Gunter Heine 2003-03-25
6335850 Microactuator for fine positioning in a disc drive Gunter Heine 2002-01-01
6080352 Method of magnetizing a ring-shaped magnet Gunter Heine, Marcel Jufer, Kamran Oveyssi 2000-06-27
6029978 Grounding and conductivity improvement for ferrofluid seals Robert M. Pelstring 2000-02-29
5956204 Magnetic disc drive having magnetic particle trap for hydrodynamic bearing Norbert Steven Parsoneault 1999-09-21
5949613 Disk drive spindle motor assembly with stator having a resilient covering with a routing means, an attaching means and a connecting means to operatively connect stator to a base Michael Bruce Moir, Richard G. Krum, Gregory James Blanchette 1999-09-07
5938343 Oil filling seal for hydrodynamic motor utilizing a movable sealing element Alan Lyndon Grantz, Klaus Kloeppel 1999-08-17
5936410 Hydrodynamic bearing including means for monitoring the capacitance between the rotor and stator of a hydrodynamic bearing Gunter Heine 1999-08-10
5907455 Distributed spindle motor integrated with disc 1999-05-25
5850318 Slotless spindle motor for disc drive Gunter Heine, Marcel Jufer 1998-12-15
5844748 Disc drive spindle motor with controlled resistance pathway from disc to ground Klaus Kloeppel, Robert M. Pelstring, Michael John Raffetto, Donald J. MacLeod, Frederick Frank Kazmierczak +1 more 1998-12-01
5841252 Detection of starting motor position in a brushless DC motor 1998-11-24
5815345 Support flange having electrical contacts to provide electrical continuity upon spindle motor mounting to base Robert M. Pelstring, Klaus Kloeppel, Michael Kenneth Andrews, Clifford Jue 1998-09-29
5808839 Disc drive cartridge including magnetic bearings Kamran Oveyssi 1998-09-15
5774974 Retaining ring for disc drive spindle motor Steven C. Knoche, Klaus Kloeppel 1998-07-07
5729404 Disc drive spindle motor with rotor isolation and controlled resistance electrical pathway from disc to ground Klaus Kloeppel, Robert M. Pelstring, Michael John Raffetto, Donald J. MacLeod, Frederick Frank Kazmierczak +1 more 1998-03-17
5698911 Low leakage actuator for high performance Kamran Oveyssi 1997-12-16
5694268 Spindle motor having overmolded stator Gunter Heine 1997-12-02
5675230 Method and apparatus for dynamic low voltage spindle motor operation 1997-10-07
5659215 Small form factor actuator for improved functionality and linearity Gunter Heine 1997-08-19
5633568 Method and apparatus for dynamic low voltage spindle motor operation 1997-05-27
5619083 Passive magnetic bearings for a spindle motor Kamran Oveyssi, Gunter Heine 1997-04-08
5619389 Stator isolation for spindle motor Gunter Heine 1997-04-08
5610463 Passive magnetic bearings for a spindle motor Kamran Oveyssi, Gunter Heine 1997-03-11
5600511 Particle containment and fluid retention with barrier seal in magnetic disc drive Gunter Heine 1997-02-04