Ferdinand Hendriks

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Morgan Hill, CA, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Hard disk having a squeeze air bearing for rotating a disk
- Patent number 8,773,814
- Issue date Jul 8, 2014
- HGST Netherlands B.V.
- Ferdinand Hendriks
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System, method and apparatus for enhanced cleaning and polishing of...
- Patent number 8,727,832
- Issue date May 20, 2014
- HGST Netherlands B.V.
- Xing-Cai Guo
- B24 - GRINDING POLISHING
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Reducing the obstruction of air flow through a bypass channel assoc...
- Patent number 8,390,950
- Issue date Mar 5, 2013
- HGST Netherlands B.V.
- Norbert A. Feliss
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Upstream spoiler with integrated crash stop
- Patent number 8,355,220
- Issue date Jan 15, 2013
- HGST Netherlands B.V.
- Andre Chan
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Information Patent Grant
Aerodynamic device directing pressurized airflow to ports in the de...
- Patent number 8,345,377
- Issue date Jan 1, 2013
- HGST, Netherlands B.V.
- Ferdinand Hendriks
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Information Patent Grant
Air pump in a hard disk drive (HDD)
- Patent number 8,345,378
- Issue date Jan 1, 2013
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Netherlands B.V.
- Ferdinand Hendriks
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Information Patent Grant
System, method and apparatus for integrated bypass channel and dive...
- Patent number 8,274,754
- Issue date Sep 25, 2012
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Andre S. Chan
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Information Patent Grant
System and method to electrically ground fluid dynamic bearings
- Patent number 8,248,725
- Issue date Aug 21, 2012
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Netherlands B.V.
- Ferdinand Hendriks
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Method and system for providing hard disk shrouds with aerodynamic...
- Patent number 8,199,426
- Issue date Jun 12, 2012
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Netherlands B.V.
- Ferdinand Hendriks
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Information Patent Grant
Designed roughness and surface treatments for capillary buffer of f...
- Patent number 8,194,347
- Issue date Jun 5, 2012
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Netherlands B.V.
- Ferdinand Hendriks
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Using an atmospheric pressure sensor in a hard-disk drive (HDD)
- Patent number 8,134,795
- Issue date Mar 13, 2012
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Norbert A. Feliss
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Integrated upstream spoiler and particle filter in a hard-disk driv...
- Patent number 8,102,621
- Issue date Jan 24, 2012
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Ferdinand Hendriks
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System, method and apparatus for disk drive recirculation filter ha...
- Patent number 8,102,618
- Issue date Jan 24, 2012
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Andre S. Chan
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Predicting operational problems in a hard-disk drive (HDD)
- Patent number 8,085,488
- Issue date Dec 27, 2011
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Norbert A. Feliss
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System and apparatus for mass-balanced spoiler in disk storage devices
- Patent number 8,077,430
- Issue date Dec 13, 2011
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Andre S. Chan
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Apparatus and method for reducing turbulence of airflow in a hard d...
- Patent number 8,077,431
- Issue date Dec 13, 2011
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Netherlands B.V.
- Yukinobu Abe
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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System, method, and apparatus for lightweight spoiler wing design f...
- Patent number 8,031,430
- Issue date Oct 4, 2011
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands, B.V.
- Andre S. Chan
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Spoiler with integrated bypass channel wall for HDD applications
- Patent number 8,004,790
- Issue date Aug 23, 2011
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Netherlands, B.V.
- Andre S. Chan
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Flow modifiers for improved magnetic recording device
- Patent number 7,998,913
- Issue date Aug 16, 2011
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Ferdinand Hendriks
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Information Patent Grant
Reducing the obstruction of air flow through a bypass channel assoc...
- Patent number 7,990,650
- Issue date Aug 2, 2011
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Netherlands B.V.
- Norbert A. Feliss
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System, method and apparatus for wall slot in disk drive bypass cha...
- Patent number 7,936,533
- Issue date May 3, 2011
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Andre S. Chan
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Apparatus for controlling and sealing airflow around disk drive byp...
- Patent number 7,907,365
- Issue date Mar 15, 2011
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Andre S. Chan
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System, method, and apparatus for slit shroud with integrated bypas...
- Patent number 7,898,764
- Issue date Mar 1, 2011
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Andre S. Chan
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Apparatus and method for reducing turbulence of airflow in a hard d...
- Patent number 7,869,159
- Issue date Jan 11, 2011
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Netherlands, B.V.
- Yukinobu Abe
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Information Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for increasing the buffer volume in a fluid dy...
- Patent number 7,821,167
- Issue date Oct 26, 2010
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands, B.V.
- Ferdinand Hendriks
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Grant
Fluid bearing with a variable width groove
- Patent number 7,663,278
- Issue date Feb 16, 2010
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Ferdinand Hendriks
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Lapping plate texture for increased control over actual lapping force
- Patent number 7,662,021
- Issue date Feb 16, 2010
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Glenn P. Gee
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Disk lubricant tank insert to suppress lubricant surface waves
- Patent number 7,640,886
- Issue date Jan 5, 2010
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Hung Q. Daodang
- B05 - SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATER...
Information Patent Grant
Fluid bearing with a variable depth groove
- Patent number 7,637,663
- Issue date Dec 29, 2009
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Ferdinand Hendriks
- H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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Collapsible bypass channel disposed outside of disk drive housing
- Patent number 7,633,708
- Issue date Dec 15, 2009
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Ferdinand Hendriks
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Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

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HARD DISK HAVING A SQUEEZE AIR BEARING FOR ROTATING A DISK
- Publication number 20140168819
- Publication date Jun 19, 2014
- HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.
- FERDINAND HENDRIKS
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Information Patent Application
AERODYNAMIC DEVICE FOR AEROSTATIC SEALING IN A HARD DISK DRIVE (HDD)
- Publication number 20130120874
- Publication date May 16, 2013
- Ferdinand Hendriks
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED CLEANING AND POLISHING OF...
- Publication number 20130078890
- Publication date Mar 28, 2013
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Xing-Cai Guo
- B24 - GRINDING POLISHING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING AIR FLOW CIRCULATION IN...
- Publication number 20120293890
- Publication date Nov 22, 2012
- Charles Allan Brown
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
SEALING A CORNER FILTER
- Publication number 20120075745
- Publication date Mar 29, 2012
- Ryan Thomas Davis
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
INTEGRATED LOAD-UNLOAD RAMP STRUCTURE WITH DOWNSTREAM SPOILER AND S...
- Publication number 20120075750
- Publication date Mar 29, 2012
- Andre Chan
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
REDUCING THE OBSTRUCTION OF AIR FLOW THROUGH A BYPASS CHANNEL ASSOC...
- Publication number 20110261484
- Publication date Oct 27, 2011
- Norbert A. Feliss
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
AEROSTATIC SEALING IN A HARD DISK DRIVE (HDD)
- Publication number 20110157744
- Publication date Jun 30, 2011
- Ferdinand Hendriks
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
AIR PUMP IN A HARD DISK DRIVE (HDD)
- Publication number 20110157745
- Publication date Jun 30, 2011
- Ferdinand Hendriks
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
Upstream Spoiler with Integrated Crash Stop
- Publication number 20110141619
- Publication date Jun 16, 2011
- Andre Chan
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING TURBULENCE OF AIRFLOW IN A HARD D...
- Publication number 20110090593
- Publication date Apr 21, 2011
- Yukinobu Abe
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
Integrated Upstream Spoiler and Particle Filter in a Hard-Disk Driv...
- Publication number 20110090592
- Publication date Apr 21, 2011
- Ferdinand Hendriks
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
Predicting Operational Problems in a Hard-Disk Drive (HDD)
- Publication number 20110051582
- Publication date Mar 3, 2011
- Norbert A Feliss
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
Using an Atmospheric Pressure Sensor in a Hard-Disk Drive (HDD)
- Publication number 20110051577
- Publication date Mar 3, 2011
- Norbert A Feliss
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATED BYPASS CHANNEL AND DIVE...
- Publication number 20090279203
- Publication date Nov 12, 2009
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Andre S. Chan
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING HARD DISK SHROUDS WITH AERODYNAMIC...
- Publication number 20090237836
- Publication date Sep 24, 2009
- Ferdinand Hendriks
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISK DRIVE RECIRCULATION FILTER HA...
- Publication number 20090225470
- Publication date Sep 10, 2009
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Andre S. Chan
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WALL SLOT IN DISK DRIVE BYPASS CHA...
- Publication number 20090103206
- Publication date Apr 23, 2009
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V
- Andre S. Chan
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MASS-BALANCED SPOILER IN DISK STORAGE DEVICES
- Publication number 20090091857
- Publication date Apr 9, 2009
- KEIICHI TAKEMORI
- ANDRE S. CHAN
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Information Patent Application
System and method to electrically ground fluid dynamic bearings
- Publication number 20090092345
- Publication date Apr 9, 2009
- Ferdinand Hendriks
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
Designed roughness and surface treatments for capillary buffer of f...
- Publication number 20090063764
- Publication date Mar 5, 2009
- Ferdinand Hendriks
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
Load/unload ramp spoiler for a hard disk drive
- Publication number 20090034125
- Publication date Feb 5, 2009
- Andre S. Chan
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
Apparatus and method for reducing turbulence of airflow in a hard d...
- Publication number 20090002879
- Publication date Jan 1, 2009
- Yukinobu Abe
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AND SEALING AIRFLOW A...
- Publication number 20080316640
- Publication date Dec 25, 2008
- Andre S. Chan
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
FLOW MODIFIERS FOR IMPROVED MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE
- Publication number 20080304177
- Publication date Dec 11, 2008
- Ferdinand Hendriks
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
Lapping plate texture for increased control over actual lapping force
- Publication number 20080259492
- Publication date Oct 23, 2008
- Glenn P. Gee
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR SLIT SHROUD WITH INTEGRATED BYPAS...
- Publication number 20080094747
- Publication date Apr 24, 2008
- Andre S. Chan
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
Apparatus and method for integral filter and bypass channel in a ha...
- Publication number 20080084631
- Publication date Apr 10, 2008
- Andre S. Chan
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
System, Method, and Apparatus for Lightweight Spoiler Wing Design f...
- Publication number 20080074781
- Publication date Mar 27, 2008
- Andre S. Chan
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
Method and apparatus for increasing the buffer volume in a fluid dy...
- Publication number 20080037917
- Publication date Feb 14, 2008
- Ferdinand Hendriks
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE

Ferdinand Hendriks

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Hard disk having a squeeze air bearing for rotating a disk

System, method and apparatus for enhanced cleaning and polishing of...

Reducing the obstruction of air flow through a bypass channel assoc...

Upstream spoiler with integrated crash stop

Aerodynamic device directing pressurized airflow to ports in the de...

Air pump in a hard disk drive (HDD)

System, method and apparatus for integrated bypass channel and dive...

System and method to electrically ground fluid dynamic bearings

Method and system for providing hard disk shrouds with aerodynamic...

Designed roughness and surface treatments for capillary buffer of f...

Using an atmospheric pressure sensor in a hard-disk drive (HDD)

Integrated upstream spoiler and particle filter in a hard-disk driv...

System, method and apparatus for disk drive recirculation filter ha...

Predicting operational problems in a hard-disk drive (HDD)

System and apparatus for mass-balanced spoiler in disk storage devices

Apparatus and method for reducing turbulence of airflow in a hard d...

System, method, and apparatus for lightweight spoiler wing design f...

Spoiler with integrated bypass channel wall for HDD applications

Flow modifiers for improved magnetic recording device

Reducing the obstruction of air flow through a bypass channel assoc...

System, method and apparatus for wall slot in disk drive bypass cha...

Apparatus for controlling and sealing airflow around disk drive byp...

System, method, and apparatus for slit shroud with integrated bypas...

Apparatus and method for reducing turbulence of airflow in a hard d...

Method and apparatus for increasing the buffer volume in a fluid dy...

Fluid bearing with a variable width groove

Lapping plate texture for increased control over actual lapping force

Disk lubricant tank insert to suppress lubricant surface waves

Fluid bearing with a variable depth groove

Collapsible bypass channel disposed outside of disk drive housing

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

HARD DISK HAVING A SQUEEZE AIR BEARING FOR ROTATING A DISK

AERODYNAMIC DEVICE FOR AEROSTATIC SEALING IN A HARD DISK DRIVE (HDD)

SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED CLEANING AND POLISHING OF...

SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING AIR FLOW CIRCULATION IN...

SEALING A CORNER FILTER

INTEGRATED LOAD-UNLOAD RAMP STRUCTURE WITH DOWNSTREAM SPOILER AND S...

REDUCING THE OBSTRUCTION OF AIR FLOW THROUGH A BYPASS CHANNEL ASSOC...

AEROSTATIC SEALING IN A HARD DISK DRIVE (HDD)

AIR PUMP IN A HARD DISK DRIVE (HDD)

Upstream Spoiler with Integrated Crash Stop

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING TURBULENCE OF AIRFLOW IN A HARD D...

Integrated Upstream Spoiler and Particle Filter in a Hard-Disk Driv...

Predicting Operational Problems in a Hard-Disk Drive (HDD)

Using an Atmospheric Pressure Sensor in a Hard-Disk Drive (HDD)

SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATED BYPASS CHANNEL AND DIVE...

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING HARD DISK SHROUDS WITH AERODYNAMIC...

SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISK DRIVE RECIRCULATION FILTER HA...

SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WALL SLOT IN DISK DRIVE BYPASS CHA...

SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MASS-BALANCED SPOILER IN DISK STORAGE DEVICES

System and method to electrically ground fluid dynamic bearings

Designed roughness and surface treatments for capillary buffer of f...

Load/unload ramp spoiler for a hard disk drive

Apparatus and method for reducing turbulence of airflow in a hard d...

SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AND SEALING AIRFLOW A...

FLOW MODIFIERS FOR IMPROVED MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE

Lapping plate texture for increased control over actual lapping force

SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR SLIT SHROUD WITH INTEGRATED BYPAS...

Apparatus and method for integral filter and bypass channel in a ha...

System, Method, and Apparatus for Lightweight Spoiler Wing Design f...

Method and apparatus for increasing the buffer volume in a fluid dy...