Patent Assignment
Reel/Frame 012923/0924
Security Agreement - Fifth Amendment to Sec. Agreement
Recorded: 2002-04-05
Received: 2002-07-19
Pages: 10
Assignor
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Executed: 2002-03-29
Assignee
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
SUITE 200, 350 S. BEVERLY DRIVE, BEVERLY HILLS, CA, 90212, UNITED STATES
Covered Properties
(40)
Presilicon Disk Model for Design, Development and Validation
Application:
10/087,550 →
Disk Drive Having a Shroud Assembly for Shielding at Least One of a Flex Cable and an Actuator Arm
Application:
10/086,470 →
Pivot Bearing Cartridge Including Ball Bearing Set and Magnet Element for Ball Bearing Set Pre-Loading
Application:
10/086,469 →
Accelerometer Signal Processor Comprising Variable Oscillators and Counters
Application:
10/087,893 →
Computer System Comprising a Host Connected to a Disk Drive Employing State Variable Trap Registers for Providing Stored Servo and User Data State Variables to Sampled-Data Channel
Application:
10/083,745 →
Suspension Design for Attenuation of Disk Flutter Induced Track Mis-Registration of a Hard Disk Drive by Manipulation of the Hinge and/or Load Beam
Application:
10/080,849 →
Disk Drive Employing Data Averaging Techniques During Retry Operations to Facilitate Data Recovery
Application:
10/080,784 →
Suspension Design for Attenuation of Disk Flutter Induced Track Mis-Registration of a Hard Disk Drive by Manipulation of Load Beam Pitch Angle
Application:
10/080,786 →
A Disk Drive Aborting a Write Command Before a Last Target Sector Rached If an Abnormal Condition Detected and Selecting a Second Command According to a Rorational Positioning Optimization Algorithm
Application:
10/080,850 →
Disk Drive Using Rotational Position Optimization Algorithm to Facilitate Write Verify Operations
Application:
10/080,780 →
Disk Drive Employing a Spindle Motor Comprising a Locking Spring Arm Disengaged Through Stator Coil Flux
Application:
10/062,837 →
Adjusting Seek Current Profile on the Fly
Application:
10/062,835 →
Disk Drive Comprising a Pattern Dependent Overshoot Circuit for Controlling Write Current Overshoot
Application:
10/062,963 →
Disk Drive Having Disk Drive Housing Including Airflow Suppressor Portion
Application:
10/062,955 →
Disk Drive Employing a Spindle Motor Comprising a Hub Ratchet Arm Disengaged Through Angular Velocity
Application:
10/062,836 →
Disk Drive Including Disk Plate Including Head and/or Arm Limiter Portions for Modifying Airflow Adjacent a Disk
Application:
10/062,951 →
Method and Apparatus for Selecting Servo Track Writing Speed
Application:
10/066,192 →
Method and Apparatus for Determining Operational Spindle Rotation Rate in a Disk Drive
Application:
10/066,223 →
Disk Drive Comprising a Ratchet Arm Applied to a Disk and Disengaged Through Windage Generated by the Disk Rotating
Application:
10/062,676 →
Disk Drive for Circular Self Servo Writing and Spiral Self Servo Writing Using Prewritten Reference Servo Bursts
Application:
10/066,208 →
Method and Apparatus for Determining Track Density During a Servo-Track Writing Operation
Application:
10/028,329 →
Disk Drive Including Disk Spacer with Different Side Surface Patterns
Application:
10/022,152 →
Disk Drive Including Disk Clamp with Non-Symmetric Engaged Fastener Holes and Fastener Torque
Application:
10/022,155 →
Method for Recovering from Shock Events Occurring to a Disk Drive During Data Write Operations to Improve Data Reliability
Application:
10/015,147 →
Method for Analyzing Magnetic Media Surface in a Disk Drive for Indications of Head Impact
Application:
10/011,164 →
Pivot bearing cartridge including central pivot element and ball bearing set
Application:
10/010,012 →
Shock Event Error Logging in a Disk Drive
Application:
10/008,763 →
Disk Drive Comprising an Asynchronous Partition Located on a Disk Between Two Isochronous Partitions
Application:
10/010,671 →
Slider Having a Textured Air Bearing Surface, Head Stack Assembly and Disk Drive Using Same
Application:
10/010,672 →
Method for Allocating Disk Drive Spindle Motors Based on an Operating Characteristic
Application:
10/008,764 →
Disk Drive Comprising a Coating Bonded to a Printed Circuit Board Assembly
Application:
10/011,163 →
Disk Drive with Disks Having Different Disk Stiffness, Thickness and Material Combinations
Application:
10/010,673 →
System and Method for Fail-Over Switching in a Disk Storage Medium
Application:
09/996,686 →
Disk Drive for Receiving Setup Data in a Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (Smart) Command
Application:
10/004,231 →
Phase Locked Loop Employing a Fractional Frequency Synthesizer as a Variable Oscillator
Application:
09/999,888 →
Spindle Motor Hub Having Equivalent Mr Read Element Bias Voltage to Mitigate Potential Between Disk and Mr Read Element
Application:
10/004,159 →
Multi-Axis Accelerometer Comprising a Mass Suspended by Springs Above an Optical Sensor
Application:
10/004,433 →
Disk Drive Having Actuator Motion Damper via Histeresis Energy Loss of Low Energy Magnet Placed Within Magnetic Field of a Voice Coil Motor
Application:
10/003,801 →
Method for Reducing an Effect of Vibration on a Disk Drive During a Track Following Operation by Adjusting an Adaptive-Filter Gain Applied to an Acceleration Sensor Signal
Application:
10/003,943 →
Air Bearing Slider Including Side Rail Shallow Recessed Surfaces Extending Along Trailing Portions of Leading Side Air Bearing Surfaces
Application:
10/035,762 →