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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Norbert Steven Parsoneault, Boulder, CO (US);
Hans Leuthold, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Paco Gregor Flores, Felton, CA (US);
Timothy Edward Langlais, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Matthew M. McConnell, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Chris M. Woldemar, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus includes a fluid dynamic bearing and means for dynamically adjusting the stiffness or damping of the fluid dynamic bearing.