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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8169746 | Integrated lead suspension with multiple trace configurations An integrated lead head suspension flexure includes a mounting region, a gimbal extending distally from the mounting region and having bond pads, and a tail extending proximally from the mounting region and having terminal pads. First trace sections having a first s... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8146235 | Method of aligning components for installation on a head suspension assembly A head suspension for supporting a head slider over a storage media in a dynamic storage device is provided with a head suspension component having a spring metal layer, an electrically conductive layer and a dielectric layer interposed between the metal layer and t... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146233 | Full-rail suspension with shearing fracture detab A multi-piece head suspension assembly is manufactured from a semi-finished suspension product. The semi-finished suspension product includes a load beam having two side edges, a distal end, and a proximal end opposite the distal end. The semi-finished suspension pr... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144430 | Multi-layer ground plane structures for integrated lead suspensions Multi-layer ground plane structures and methods of manufacture for integrated lead suspension flexures. A flexure in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes an insulating layer, a plurality of traces on the insulating layer and a stainless steel bas... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8130471 | Traces with reduced width portions for disk drive head suspensions An integrated lead flexure includes traces with windowed or reduced width portions. The flexure includes a metal base layer with a plurality of apertures, an insulating layer on the metal base layer, and one or more conductive traces formed on the insulating layer a... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8120878 | Tubular stiffening rails for head suspension components A relatively stiff head suspension component. The suspension component is comprised of a sheet material having a major surface with side-edges. Tubular stiffening rails are integrally formed on the side-edges from the sheet material. The tubular rails have a substan... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8094413 | Disk drive head suspension flexure with stacked traces having differing configurations on gimbal and beam regions An integrated lead head suspension component comprising a spring metal layer, a first conductor layer, a first dielectric layer between at least portions of the spring metal and the first conductor layers, a second conductor layer and a second dielectric layer betwe... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8082656 | Method for manufacturing a disk drive head suspension A method for manufacturing a disk drive head suspension having a plated load point dimple. A photoresist mask having an opening with load point-defining side walls and a load point diameter is formed over a planar portion of a spring metal member. Metal is plated on... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8051553 | Apparatus for adjusting pitch and roll in a head suspension Apparatus for adjusting the static attitude of a head suspension having a gimbal with at least one gimbal arm. One embodiment of the invention includes a pair of first contacting members contacting a first side of the gimbal arm at a pair of spaced apart locations, ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8045296 | Aligned coverlay and metal layer windows for integrated lead suspensions An integrated lead flexure having a spring metal layer, a dielectric insulating layer on a side of the spring metal layer, a conductor layer on the side of the insulating layer opposite the spring metal layer and a coverlay on the side of the conductor layer opposit... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7986494 | Integrated lead head suspension with tapered trace spacing An integrated lead flexure for a disk drive head suspension, comprising two or more spaced-apart traces extending between terminal connector pads and head connector pads, wherein the spacing between the traces substantially continuously decreases along at least a po... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7961434 | Disk drive head suspension with leaf spring gram loading A disk drive head suspension having a leaf-type gram load spring. One embodiment of the suspension includes a base plate and a load beam. The load beam is formed from a single piece of stainless steel and includes a mounting region, a beam region, a spring region be... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7952836 | Varying thickness partial etch rails for disk drive head suspensions A load beam or load beam component having rails for use with a disk drive head suspension. The load beam or component is formed from a sheet of material having a first thickness. One or more polygons, beams or other structures having the full first thickness are for... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7933097 | Disk drive head suspension with damper hinge A disk drive head suspension includes a load beam, a flexure for carrying a magnetic head slider, a base mounting structure for coupling the head suspension to a disk drive actuation system, a hinge, and a damping material. The load beam includes a proximal end port... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929252 | Multi-layer ground plane structures for integrated lead suspensions Multi-layer ground plane structures and methods of manufacture for integrated lead suspension flexures. A flexure in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes an insulating layer, a plurality of traces on the insulating layer and a stainless steel bas... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7875804 | Plated ground features for integrated lead suspensions A method for forming an electrical interconnect on an integrated lead suspension or suspension component of the type having a stainless steel layer, a conductive lead layer and an insulator layer separating the stainless steel and conductive lead layers. An aperture... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7872834 | Head suspension with asymmetric linkage and asymmetric microactuator in plane of mounting region to provide a pseudosymmetric configuration A dual stage microactuated head suspension includes a base plate, a mounting region attached to the base plate, a load beam coupled to the mounting region, a flexure supported by the load beam and the mounting region, and a microactuator mechanically and electricall... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7835113 | Deep dimple structure for head suspension component Head suspension offset structures and methods of manufacture. The offset structure includes an offset extending out of a plane of a surface on which it is formed and a plurality of elongated voids and elongated links surrounding the offset. The links extend between ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7835112 | Integrated lead flexure with embedded traces An integrated lead flexure for a disk drive head suspension and method for making the flexure. The flexure includes a spring metal layer, a dielectric layer over the spring metal layer, and a plurality of conductive leads on the dielectric layer. The spring metal la... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7832082 | Method for manufacturing an integrated lead suspension component A method for manufacturing an integrated lead suspension component. One or more first conductive ground planes are formed on a stainless steel base layer. One or more second conductive ground planes, including portions on the surface of the first conductive ground p... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7813084 | Co-planar shielded write traces for disk drive head suspensions An integrated lead head suspension flexure including a spring metal base layer, an insulating layer on the base layer and traces on the insulating layer. The traces include first and second adjacent and co-planar write traces and first and second shield traces. The ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7813082 | Head suspension flexure with inline lead portions positioned at a level between levels of first and second surfaces of the spring metal layer An integrated lead head suspension flexure including a plurality of integrated leads each including at least one lead portion unbacked by the flexure spring metal layer and configured to be substantially inline with the general plane of the spring metal layer. The l... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7804664 | Laminate beam transition headlift for a disk drive head suspension A headlift for a disk drive head suspension extending from a planar base region on a load beam of the head suspension. The headlift is formed from first and second layers of relatively stiff metal separated by a layer of polymer. The headlift includes a headlift tab... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7782572 | Disk drive head suspension flexures having alternating width stacked leads An integrated lead flexure for a disk drive head suspension of the type having a plurality of stacked leads disposed on separate layers, the plurality of stacked leads extending between terminal connector pads and head connector pads, comprising stacked lead pairs h... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7782570 | Inverted pocket welding for disk drive head suspensions A method for welding first and second head suspension components having opposite sides to one another. The first component has a weld pocket in one of its sides. The second component is positioned on the side of the first component opposite the side with the weld po... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7774922 | Polyimide tabbing method for manufacturing disk drive head suspension components A method for manufacturing disk drive head suspension components includes supporting the components from carrier strips and/or other components by tab regions consisting substantially of a polyimide insulating layer. The components are detabbed by severing the insul... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7724476 | Coined headlift with formed rail offset for a disk drive head suspension component A disk drive head suspension headlift formed from a single piece of stainless steel includes a beam region, lift tab and offset region between the beam region and lift tab. The beam region has a major surface and formed side rails. The lift tab is a coined, trough-s... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7710688 | Split embedded signal transmission planes in integrated lead disk drive suspensions A disk drive head suspension flexure having a gimbal region and a tail includes a metal base layer, an insulation layer over the base layer and two or more pairs of adjacent traces extending over the insulation layer from the gimbal region to the tail. Each trace in... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7710687 | High conductivity ground planes for integrated lead suspensions An integrated lead flexure or suspension including an insulating layer, a plurality of traces on the insulating layer and a stainless steel base layer on the side of the insulating layer opposite the traces. The traces are free of a conductive shield layer on the si... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7697237 | Shielded copper-dielectric flexure for disk drive head suspensions An integrated lead disk drive suspension flexure including a gimbal region including gimbal spring arms having conductive spring metal traces embedded within dielectric between a pair of conductive metal shields. The traces function as the spring arms of the gimbal ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7660074 | Webbed ground plane structure for integrated lead suspensions A webbed ground plane includes a plurality of slots and a plurality of struts between the slots. The slots and struts have generally equal lengths and extend below a length of the leads such that eddy current losses in the leads are reduced to near zero. ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7658001 | Electrical connector for disk drive suspension assembly and method of non-contact solder attachment of same A method for electrically connecting disk drive suspension assembly elements including positioning a first component having a first terminal with an edge adjacent to a second component having a second terminal and applying solder to form a solder joint over the edge... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7633717 | Pre-shaped head suspension baseplate for swaging deformation compensation A baseplate has a flange and a boss tower with an opening for receiving a swaging ball during a swaging process. The flange has a pre-swaging profile that compensates for swaging-induced deformation of the flange. A portion of the baseplate is clamped into a flatten... | 12/15/2009 |
| RE40975 | Head suspension with resonance feedback transducer A head suspension assembly including a load beam having a rigid region, a mounting region on a proximal end of the load beam, and a flexure on a distal end of the load beam. The flexure has a read/write head attachment region for supporting a read/write head on the ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7613489 | Optimized wavelength gap for improved StO2 measurement A method and system for producing improved more accurate measurements of oxyhemoglobin levels in tissue when measured using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). Light sources and processing methods are selected to such that the effects of a confounding chromophore in ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7606002 | Offset dimple in a disk drive with head suspension flexure extending into load beam offset aperture A disk drive head suspension, including a load beam formed from one or more layers of material, and a flexure mounted to the load beam. The load beam has an offset aperture and stiffening rails, and is characterized by a Z-height dimension between the one or more la... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7606000 | Offset structure for disk drive head suspension A TMR-compensating suspension, or one or more suspension components such as a hinge or beam that can be assembled with other components to make a suspension. The suspension includes a proximal actuator mounting region, a rigid beam region, and a spring region or spr... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7596397 | Patient interface for spectroscopy applications A patient interface and method of locating the patient interface for use particularly in spectroscopy applications. The patient interface includes a concave region and first and second convex regions. A wing extends from the concave region to help locate the patient... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7568277 | Method for manufacturing a multi-piece head suspension A method for forming rails on the beam region of a disk drive head suspension. Rails are formed on a first portion of the beam region while supporting the beam region at a first location. Rails are formed on a second portion of the beam region while supporting the b... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7549211 | Method for de-tabbing a disk drive head suspension flexure A method for de-tabbing a dielectric tab extending between and bonded to first and second stainless steel portions of a disk drive head suspension component. Exemplary first and second stainless steel portions are a flexure base region and a flexure tongue. The meth... | 06/23/2009 |
