Issued Patents All Time
Showing 26–50 of 56 patents
| Patent # | Title | Co-Inventors | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7593188 | Low protrusion compensation air bearing | — | 2009-09-22 |
| 7324306 | System, method, and apparatus for improving the multiple velocity performance and write element protrusion compensation of disk drive sliders | — | 2008-01-29 |
| 7251106 | Magnetic head slider having protrusion-compensated air bearing surface design | Vladimir Nikitin | 2007-07-31 |
| 7233456 | Method for eliminating the need for a dedicated landing zone at the outer diameter of a storage system's platter | Luis P. Franco | 2007-06-19 |
| 6539609 | Method of forming a head gimbal assembly | Darrell D. Palmer, A. David Erpelding, Surya Pattanaik | 2003-04-01 |
| 6351348 | Minimal stiffness conductors for a head gimbal assembly | A. David Erpelding, Darrell D. Palmer, Surya Pattanaik | 2002-02-26 |
| 6333835 | Step pad air bearing for load/unload mechanism | Soo-Choon Kang, Sanford A. Bolasna | 2001-12-25 |
| 6282064 | Head gimbal assembly with integrated electrical conductors | Darrell D. Palmer, A. David Erpelding, Surya Pattanaik | 2001-08-28 |
| 6227042 | Glide head with low sensitivity | — | 2001-05-08 |
| 6215622 | Laminated hard disk head suspension and etching process | Mathew Kayhan Shafe | 2001-04-10 |
| 5955176 | Integrated suspension using a high strength conductive material | A. David Erpelding, Darrell D. Palmer, Surya Pattanaik | 1999-09-21 |
| 5930080 | Transducer suspension system | Norman Kermit Frater, David Gerson, Gary Heitkamp, Thomas Hoffmann, John Philip Hollowell +2 more | 1999-07-27 |
| 5875071 | Planar HGA for Pico/Nano slider | A. David Erpelding, Darrell D. Palmer, Surya Pattanaik | 1999-02-23 |
| 5802701 | Method of making an integrated suspension, actuator arm and coil assembly | Robert E. Fontana, Jr., James William Berberich, Michael Moser, Archibald C. Munce, Jr., Clinton David Snyder +1 more | 1998-09-08 |
| 5781379 | Single beam flexure for a head gimbal assembly | A. David Erpelding, Darrell D. Palmer, Surya Pattanaik | 1998-07-14 |
| 5771135 | Vibration damping system for head suspension assemblies | A. David Erpelding, Thomas F. Roth | 1998-06-23 |
| 5768064 | Actuator arm assembly having a removable actuator arm | Holger J. Baasch, Lowell J. Berg, Alexander Gredinberg, Peter M. Herman, Jerry L. Neubauer +2 more | 1998-06-16 |
| 5768060 | Low pofile radially and axially preloaded ball bearing for actuator pivot | David W. Albrecht, David Harwood McMurtry, Darrell D. Palmer, Kirk B. Price | 1998-06-16 |
| 5759418 | Adhesively attached hard disk head suspension and etching process | Norman Kermit Frater | 1998-06-02 |
| 5742996 | Method of manufacturing a transducer suspension system | Norman Kermit Frater, David Gerson, Gary Heitkamp, Thomas Hoffmann, John Philip Hollowell +2 more | 1998-04-28 |
| 5734524 | Head suspension assembly supported by an air bearing surface | — | 1998-03-31 |
| 5717545 | Swaging appartus with a tubular boss having axially extending surface irregularities and swaging technique for thin actuator arm assemblies | William Woodrow Brooks, Jr., Norman Kermit Frater | 1998-02-10 |
| 5680275 | Adjustable solder bump spacer for slider-suspension attachment | Norman Kermit Frater, Surya Pattanaik, Wing C. Shum | 1997-10-21 |
| 5617274 | Low profile integral flexure for closely packed disks in a disk drive assembly | — | 1997-04-01 |
| 5606477 | Viscoelastically damped slider suspension system | A. David Erpelding | 1997-02-25 |