Inventor
BONIN WAYNE A
US49 patents
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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
37 patentsUS7466520B2Dec 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 patentsUS5869751AFeb 9, 1999
Multi-dimensional capacitive transducer
HYSITRON INC172 citations99
US5553486ASep 10, 1996
Apparatus for microindentation hardness testing and surface imaging incorporating a multi-plate capacitor system
HYSITRON INC107 citations98
US5661235AAug 26, 1997
Multi-dimensional capacitive transducer
HYSITRON INC81 citations96
US5576483ANov 19, 1996
Capacitive transducer with electrostatic actuation
HYSITRON INC71 citations96
US6026677AFeb 22, 2000
Apparatus for microindentation hardness testing and surface imaging incorporating a multi-plate capacitor system
HYSITRON INC51 citations93