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Gregory Smith & Associates patents

The following is a sampling of recent Gregory Smith & Associates patent applications (USPTO Patent Application #, Patent Title) sorted by month.

July 2009 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20090173924 - Hoist with detachable power and control unit
20090174962 - Apparatus and method for slider-disk contact indication by monitoring the spindle control signal in a hard disk drive
20090177808 - Apparatus and methods supporting device triggered disengagement of a hot-swappable serial device by a host system

June 2009 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20090164145 - Method and apparatus for spindle stiffness and/or damping in a fluid dynamic bearing spindle motor used in a hard disk drive
20090164145 - Method and apparatus for spindle stiffness and/or damping in a fluid dynamic bearing spindle motor used in a hard disk drive
20090151434 - Apparatus and method using a disk drive slider and/or a peltier plate in an atomic force microscope
20090151514 - Tool for removing shingles from a skip sheet roof

May 2009 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20090133294 - Apparatus and method for stimulating at least one human foot in response to the human's stance
20090127048 - Rubber-tire gantry crane with shore power

April 2009 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20090108065 - Methods and apparatus processing container images and/or identifying codes for front end loaders or container handlers servicing rail cars
20090108216 - Relocatable radiation shield for a container scanner
20090109295 - Method and apparatus for operating at least one camera from a position estimate of a container to estimate its container code
20090110283 - Method and apparatus for operating, interfacing and/or managing for at least one optical characteristic system for container handlers in a container yard
20090103210 - Apparatus and method for sensing an external magnetic field to protect a perpendicular magnetic recording (pmr) hard disk drive
20090103210 - Apparatus and method for sensing an external magnetic field to protect a perpendicular magnetic recording (pmr) hard disk drive
20090103210 - Apparatus and method for sensing an external magnetic field to protect a perpendicular magnetic recording (pmr) hard disk drive
20090087820 - Educational learning system and method
20090087820 - Educational learning system and method

March 2009 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20090076503 - Conduction block verification probe and method of use

February 2009 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20090038443 - Tool for removing shingles from a skip sheet roof
20090034128 - Method and apparatus for independent piezoelectric excitation in the micro-actuator assemblies of a hard disk drive for improved drive reliability

January 2009 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20090028953 - Method of treatment using microparticulate biomaterial composition
20090029634 - Semiconductor wafer polishing machine
20090020937 - Vise understop
20090021864 - Method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting the ramp speed for loading and/or unloading sliders in a hard disk drive
20090012510 - Cardiac ablation devices and methods

October 2008 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20080259488 - Method and apparatus improving prevention of off-track writing in a hard disk drive
20080247095 - Method and apparatus for temperature sensing in a hard disk drive
20080242451 - Ball travel-modifying device

September 2008 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20080228498 - Enhanced coordinated signal generation apparatus
20080215482 - Mortgage loan data processing system and method for a loan broker

August 2008 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20080201468 - Apparatus and method for measuring and using response to snmp requests to provide real-time network parameter estimates in a network management zone
20080190263 - Sound board support system

July 2008 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20080180835 - Method and apparatus intelligently adapting to environmental conditions inside and outside a hard disk drive
20080170233 - Apparatus for compatible glass substrate test disk for component level measurement of a head gimbal assembly
20080170234 - Method and apparatus of optical test stand using blue to ultra-violet light source for component level measurement of head gimbal assembly for use in hard disk drive
20080170316 - Method and apparatus for component level measurement of flying height for a head gimbal assembly for use in a hard disk drive
20080155745 - Bathtub waste and overflow assembly
20080156952 - Screwless window treatment mounting bracket

June 2008 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20080149837 - Optical frost sensor
20080150746 - Method and apparatus using radio-location tags to report status for a container handler
20080143545 - Method and apparatus using radio-location tags to report status for a container handler
20080147538 - Mortgage loan data collection method and apparatus for a financial planning originator and/or financial institution originator of a mortgage loan
20080130173 - Method and apparatus supporting a slider having multiple deflection rails in a negative pressure pocket for a hard disk drive

May 2008 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20080121261 - Portable painting tent
20080122235 - Door painting handles
20080117550 - Air bearing surface method and apparatus optimizing flying height on demand efficiency during flying height on demand activity of slider in a hard disk drive
20080100943 - Apparatus and method for internal calibration of normalized playback transfer curve in a hard disk drive
20080103366 - Atraumatic tissue retraction device
20080103964 - Mortgage loan and financial services data processing system

April 2008 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20080095405 - Method and apparatus of automated optical container code recognition with positional identification for a transfer container crane

March 2008 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20080072932 - Paint roller cover washer
20080074794 - Method and apparatus for pitch angle actuation of slider based upon pressure and humidity conditions in a contact start-stop css
20080066691 - Pet grooming tool
20080055772 - Method and apparatus for predicting contact of a read-write head in a hard disk drive

February 2008 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20080037165 - Method and apparatus for a disk clamp used in a hard disk drive
20080037178 - Method and apparatus for an auxiliary mass damper in each actuator arm notch of a hard disk drive

January 2008 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20080024929 - Method and apparatus preventing slider separation from disk surface contact start-stop hard disk drive
20080019113 - Quick change fluorescent lamp ballast system
20080007863 - Method and apparatus for single written-in repeatable run-out correction function used in multi-stage actuation control of hard disk drive
20080002267 - Method and apparatus for slew rate control in the write current shape of a hard disk drive
20080002276 - Method and apparatus for contact start-stop hard disk drive actuator control during power cycles for improved reliability
20080002302 - Method and apparatus for head gimbal assembly with improved shock performance in hard disk drive
20080002305 - Apparatus and method for a piezoelectric micro-actuator for a hard disk drive

December 2007 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20070297080 - Apparatus and method for bending a slider to create rounded corners on its trailing edge in a hard disk drive
20070297084 - Method and apparatus for improved starting and/or stopping in a contact start-stop (css) hard disk drive
20070297085 - Method and apparatus reducing flying height drop in a hard disk drive under humid conditions
20070297092 - Method and apparatus for an air bearing surface to reduce contamination due to saturation water vapor pressure in a hard disk drive
20070299314 - Retractor with inflatable blades
20070291418 - Method and apparatus for a single piezoelectric micro-actuator in a head gimbal assembly of a hard disk drive
20070291419 - Apparatus and method for a vertical micro-acatuator in slider of a hard disk drive
20070292652 - Apparatus and method for a ferroelectric disk, slider, head gimbal, actuator assemblies, and ferroelectric disk drive
20070285841 - Apparatus and method for slider including shape memory alloy pads in a hard disk drive
20070285842 - Method and apparatus for a base plate used in a head gimbal assembly of a hard disk drive
20070279795 - Method and apparatus for adaptation to humidity in a hard disk drive

November 2007 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20070267613 - Hoist with detachable power and control unit
20070263314 - Apparatus and method for head gimbal assembly sharing power to slider amplifier and micro-actuator in a hard disk drive
20070263317 - Method and apparatus for balanced dual stage actuators in a head stack assembly of a hard disk drive
20070263326 - Apparatus and method for including amplification of read signal in slider of a hard disk drive
20070265561 - Disc shunt for treating back pain
20070256397 - Method and apparatus for circulating air through a hard disk drive
20070258168 - Apparatus and method for preventing excessive thermal pole tip protrusion in slider of a hard disk drive
20070258169 - Apparatus and method for piezoelectric layer as vertical micro-actuator in slider of a hard disk drive

October 2007 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20070250001 - Guidewire separator device and method of use
20070250625 - Real-time services network quality control
20070239155 - Cardiac ablation devices and methods

August 2007 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20070185388 - Thorax mounted stabilization platform
20070179471 - Composite ophthalmic microcannula

July 2007 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20070173981 - Method and apparatus using soil conductivity thresholds to control irrigating plants
20070174908 - Method and apparatus for thwarting spyware
20070165322 - Method and apparatus regulating saturation water vapor pressure in a hard disk drive
20070165323 - Method and apparatus for estimating and controlling the flying height of a read-write head in a hard disk drive
20070165324 - Method and apparatus for sensing and controlling the flying height of a read-write head in a hard disk drive
20070165333 - Method and apparatus using embedded sensor in a piezoelectric micro-actuator in a hard disk drive
20070162767 - Method and system for controlling access to data stored on a data storage device
20070151967 - Method and apparatus for a hard disk drive providing dual heat transfers for an internal thermal zone
20070153414 - External cover for controlling the temperature of an internal thermal zone of a hard disk drive
20070153424 - Method and apparatus controlling dual heat transfers for internal thermal zone of a hard disk drive
20070153425 - Thermoelectric device providing dual heat transfers for internal thermal zone in a hard disk drive
20070153473 - Method and apparatus for a system using at least one hard disk drive providing dual heat transfers for an internal thermal zone

June 2007 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20070146934 - Method and apparatus for a base plate used in a head gimbal assembly of a hard disk drive
20070143667 - Display system and method for displaying a multi-dimensional file visualizer and chooser
20070132343 - Method and apparatus for a d33 mode piezoelectric actuator with a bending motion
20070127154 - Method and apparatus reducing data damage from mechanical shock in a hard disk drive
20070127160 - Method and apparatus for an actuator block used in a actuator assembly of a hard disk drive

March 2007 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20070049971 - Method and apparatus for closing off a portion of a heart ventricle

February 2007 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20070033817 - Apparatus and method for measuring and controlling pendulum motion
20070028746 - Multi-funtional pick for a stringed instrument
20070027357 - Tissue positioner

January 2007 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20070019422 - Universal power plug
20070006446 - Method of manufacturing head gimbal assemblies, actuators and disk drives by removing thermal pole-tip protrusion at the spin stand level

December 2006 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20060274447 - Conning motor hub surface apparatus for hard disk drives

November 2006 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20060254097 - Automatic standby electric clothes iron
20060247600 - Device for treating back pain by re-establishing the exchage of nutrient & waste

October 2006 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20060230600 - Method and apparatus for mechanically balancing the disk pack of a hard disk drive

September 2006 - Gregory Smith & Associates patents

20060196321 - Extendable spline-drive socket system



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