IP Library Granted Patent US 5,886,489
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US 5,886,489 · App. 08/760,624

Apparatus and method for reducing spindle power and acoustic noise in a disk drive

Inventors: Bryan Scott Rowan, Mantle Man-Hon Yu
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Granted: Mar 23, 1999 Filed: Dec 4, 1996
Inventors
Bryan Scott Rowan
Mantle Man-Hon Yu
Assignee (at issue)
International Business Machines Corporation

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Patent No.
US 5,886,489
App. No.
08/760,624
Filed
1996-12-04
Granted
1999-03-23
Kind
A