Iraj Jabari

Title: Iraj Jabari and a Compact Miniature Disk Drive

Introduction

Iraj Jabari is an inventor associated with San Jose, California, and Seagate Technology Incorporated. His patent describes a miniature disk drive designed to combine compact dimensions with a mechanism for accurately positioning its read/write transducer.

Latest Patents

Jabari is credited with 1 patent: “Miniature Hard Disk Drive Having Linear Loud-Beam Suspension and Thin …”. The invention describes a miniature disk drive with a positioner that moves a transducer across a disk approximately 45 millimeters in diameter. An actuator arm carries the transducer at one end and a voice coil motor at the other, with a central pivot allowing the arm to rotate and position the transducer over a selected track.

In the preferred design, the voice coil is attached to the actuator arm and moves between two magnets mounted to the drive housing. Integrating the magnets into the housing helps reduce the overall size. An alternative design uses two voice coils mounted in the housing and a permanent magnet attached to the actuator arm. The housing measures approximately 50 by 70 by 19 millimeters, and either configuration is described as capable of storing 10 megabytes or more.

Career Highlights

Jabari’s listed work is connected to Seagate Technology Incorporated and focuses on compact data-storage hardware. The patent’s design addresses both transducer positioning and the integration of drive components into a smaller enclosure.

Collaborations

Ramgopal Battu and Sanjoy Ghose are identified as Jabari’s coworkers. The available information does not specify their roles in the patent or whether they collaborated on this invention.

Conclusion

Iraj Jabari’s patent presents a compact disk-drive design that integrates its positioning mechanism with the housing to support smaller dimensions and data storage of 10 megabytes or more.