Inventor

Allen T. Bracken

Inventor

Layton, UT, US

Overview

33→

Patents

1986–2004

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 33 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G11Bprimary

G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer73%

LOC1421%

G06KGraphical data reading3%

H02KDynamo-electric machines3%

PatentTitleYear

6,781,782'Method and apparatus for saving calibration parameters for a removable cartridge'2004 6,717,762'Method and apparatus for making a drive compatible with a removable cartridge'2004 6,590,731'System and method for adaptive soft head loading of disk drive head onto disk medium'2003 6,496,362'Method and apparatus for protecting a hard disk drive from shock'2002 D0460449'Storage device, storage device enclosure, and support for a storage device enclosure'2002 D0460069'Storage device'2002 6,359,745'Latent illuminance discrimination marker system for data storage cartridges'2002 6,310,413'Steering magnets to reduce magnetic leakage flux in a disk drive'2001 6,304,417'Mechanism to clamp magnetic disk against cartridge shell'2001 6,252,740'Disk drive cartridge door'2001 6,178,058'Off-track write protection method and system for induced mechanical disturbance on a disk drive'2001 D0430575'Information storage disk cartridge'2000 6,094,327'Disk drive cartridge door'2000 D0422981'Information storage disk cartridge'2000 D0421748'Storage disk cartridge'2000 5,991,130'Disk cartridge anti-rattle mechanism'1999 5,943,185'Data storage drive and cartridge having alignment openings for cartridge mounting and ejection'1999 D0408801'Computer storage disk cartridge'1999 5,862,026'Cam mechanism to clamp magnetic disk against cartridge shell'1999 5,856,901'Disk drive cartridge door'1999 5,768,074'Disk drive cartridge door'1998 5,768,059'Head load/unload and cleaning in a data storage device'1998 D0389470'Disk cartridge and/or drive'1998 5,671,109'Disk drive cartridge door'1997 5,666,236'Velocity control for a disk drive actuator'1997 5,650,899'Cam mechanism to clamp magnetic disk against cartridge shell'1997 D0378518'Computer storage disk cartridge'1997 5,590,002'Compliant anchor for securing disk drive actuator bearing'1996 5,585,679'One-piece magnet return path assembly for a disk drive actuator'1996 5,583,710'Disk drive having an automatic spindle motor loading mechanism'1996 5,570,252'Disk drive cartridge door'1996 5,216,558'Drawer loading removable cartridge disk drive'1993 4,583,213'Air shroud for data storage disks'1986

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1986Patents assigned to STORAGE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS (1)· patent assignee history

1986Based in Boulder, CO, US· patent location history

1993–2004Patents assigned to IOMEGA CORP (32)· patent assignee history

1993–2004Based in Layton, UT, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
IOMEGA CORP	32	1993–2004
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS	1	1986

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Layton, UT, US	32	1993–2004
Boulder, CO, US	1	1986