P

Inventor

BONIN WAYNE A

US49 patents
⚠️ This page may combine multiple inventors who share the name “BONIN WAYNE A”. Patents are grouped by organization below to help distinguish them — per-person disambiguation is on the roadmap.

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC

37 patents
US7466520B2Dec 16, 2008

Co-located microactuator lever assembly

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC58 citations98
US6570730B1May 27, 2003

Shear-based transducer for HDD read/write element height control

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC89 citations97
US6459260B1Oct 1, 2002

Head suspension assembly for testing a slider

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC90 citations96
US6351354B1Feb 26, 2002

Head to flexure interconnection for disc drive microactuator

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC58 citations96
US6876509B2Apr 5, 2005

Integrated electrostatic slider fly height control

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC44 citations93
US6775089B1Aug 10, 2004

Electrostatic slider fly height control

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC23 citations93
US6731471B1May 4, 2004

Low mass microactuator and method of manufacture

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC20 citations93
US6590747B1Jul 8, 2003

Seal for micro-electro-mechanical devices

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC18 citations93
US6414823B1Jul 2, 2002

Coil-structures for magnetic microactuator

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC43 citations93
US6282066B1Aug 28, 2001

Microactuator suspension with multiple narrow beams

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC26 citations93
US7068449B2Jun 27, 2006

Slider fly control

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC49 citations92
US6785086B1Aug 31, 2004

Transducer-level microactuator with dual-axis control

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC36 citations92
US6697232B1Feb 24, 2004

Bonded transducer-level electrostatic microactuator for disc drive system

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC35 citations92
US6683757B1Jan 27, 2004

Slider-level microactuator for precise head positioning

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC38 citations92
US6387778B1May 14, 2002

Breakable tethers for microelectromechanical system devices utilizing reactive ion etching lag

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC28 citations92
US6362939B1Mar 26, 2002

Balanced microactuator suspension

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC30 citations92
US6771454B2Aug 3, 2004

Suspension sense capability for windage control

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC19 citations91
US7000459B2Feb 21, 2006

Strain sensor patterned on MEMS flex arms

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC15 citations84
US6614628B2Sep 2, 2003

Moving coil micro actuator with reduced rotor mass

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC16 citations84
US6665151B1Dec 16, 2003

Flexible tabs for improved microactuator assembly process

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC17 citations78
US7336443B2Feb 26, 2008

Slider for a data storage device with a floating transducer body and method of fabrication therefor

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC8 citations74
US6903543B2Jun 7, 2005

Disc drive slider test socket

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC10 citations74
US7609488B2Oct 27, 2009

Fly height actuator/void region in basecoat

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC7 citations73
US6733681B1May 11, 2004

Laterally supported handle wafer for through-wafer reactive-ion etch micromachining

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC10 citations73
US7126792B2Oct 24, 2006

Slider for a data storage device including transducer level micro-positioning and method of fabrication therefor

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC10 citations70
US7088559B2Aug 8, 2006

Integrated interconnect and method of manufacture therefor

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC4 citations63
US6829119B2Dec 7, 2004

Disc drive microactuator with lateral position sensor

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC6 citations63
US6643099B1Nov 4, 2003

Transducer formed on a sacrificial metal substrate

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC4 citations63
US7254885B2Aug 14, 2007

Wafer-level fabrication method for top or side slider bond pads

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC6 citations62
US7698806B2Apr 20, 2010

Process for fabricating a slider or head for a data storage device

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC3 citations61
US6778350B2Aug 17, 2004

Feed forward control of voice coil motor induced microactuator disturbance

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC3 citations61
US7277257B2Oct 2, 2007

Transducer-level microactuator for a magnetic recording system

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC6 citations60
US6683758B2Jan 27, 2004

Fabrication method for integrated microactuator coils

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC2 citations60
US10468056B2Nov 5, 2019

Conductive probe interconnects and related devices and methods

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC1 citations59
US6943980B2Sep 13, 2005

Electrostatic track following using patterned media

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC1 citations52
US6710417B2Mar 23, 2004

Armor coated MEMS devices

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations52
US6674614B2Jan 6, 2004

Method of fabricating electrically isolated metal MEMS beams and microactuator incorporating the MEMS beam

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC1 citations52

HYSITRON INC

5 patents

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY

2 patents

VERTIMAG SYSTEMS CORP

2 patents

VERICOM CORP

1 patent

NEONICS INC

1 patent

BONIN WAYNE A

1 patent