Granted Patent
Utility
US 6,169,930 · App. 09/062,072
Method and apparatus for preventing cold temperature induced damage in a disk drive
Inventors:
Michael David Blachek, Gordon James Smith
Patented Case
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Granted: Jan 2, 2001
Filed: Apr 17, 1998
Inventors
Michael David Blachek
Gordon James Smith
Assignee (at issue)
International Business Machines Corporation
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