Inventor
BONIN WAYNE ALLEN
US25 patents
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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
17 patentsUS6198606B1Mar 6, 2001
Disc drive actuation system having an injection molded magnetic micro-actuator with metal beam inserts and its method of fabrication
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC122 citations98
US6661617B1Dec 9, 2003
Structure and fabrication process for integrated moving-coil magnetic micro-actuator
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC69 citations95
US7072147B2Jul 4, 2006
Hard drive actuator arm with reduced skew variation
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC23 citations92
US6831539B1Dec 14, 2004
Magnetic microactuator for disc with integrated head connections and limiters drives
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC41 citations92
US6452755B2Sep 17, 2002
Microactuator suspension with multiple “I” shaped microbeams
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC18 citations92
US6414822B1Jul 2, 2002
Magnetic microactuator
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC26 citations92
US6239952B1May 29, 2001
Microactuator suspension with multiple “I” shaped microbeams
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC20 citations92
US7068457B2Jun 27, 2006
System and method for electrostatic fly height control
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC51 citations91
US7057856B2Jun 6, 2006
Gimbal strut shape to increase buckling load
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC14 citations84
US6751047B2Jun 15, 2004
Stepped disc drive voice coil actuator acceleration for reducing resonance of head level micro-actuators
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC9 citations73
US6540839B1Apr 1, 2003
Apparatus and method to passivate magnets and magnetic materials
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC7 citations73
US6765766B2Jul 20, 2004
Bonding tub improved electromagnetic microactuator in disc drives
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC7 citations71
US6967806B2Nov 22, 2005
Electrostatic actuator with multilayer electrode stack
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC7 citations69
US7915890B2Mar 29, 2011
High sensitivity magnetic sensor
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC3 citations63
US7898266B2Mar 1, 2011
Probe with electrostatic actuation and capacitive sensor
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC2 citations62
US6731463B2May 4, 2004
Wafer fabrication for thermal pole tip expansion/recession compensation
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC5 citations60
US8004796B2Aug 23, 2011
Slider with contact features initiated at wafer level
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations41
BONIN WAYNE ALLEN
7 patentsUS7277267B1Oct 2, 2007
Multi-layer capacitive transducer
BONIN WAYNE ALLEN17 citations92
US7046497B1May 16, 2006
Multi-layer capacitive transducer
BONIN WAYNE ALLEN27 citations92
US8189300B1May 29, 2012
Multi-layer capacitive transducer with mult-dimension operation
BONIN WAYNE ALLEN14 citations83
US8125057B2Feb 28, 2012
Magnetic shielding for integrated circuit
BONIN WAYNE ALLEN11 citations83
US7864504B1Jan 4, 2011
Multi-layer capacitive transducer
BONIN WAYNE ALLEN2 citations62
US8720256B2May 13, 2014
Off-axis imaging for indentation instruments
BONIN WAYNE ALLEN1 citations51
US8191407B2Jun 5, 2012
Folded beam suspension for probe
BONIN WAYNE ALLEN0 citations51