Inventor
PAN TZONG-SHII
US92 patents
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PAN TZONG-SHII
15 patentsUS8665566B1Mar 4, 2014
Suspension tail design for a head gimbal assembly of a hard disk drive
PAN TZONG-SHII55 citations98
US8488281B1Jul 16, 2013
Disk drive suspension assembly having a flexure bond pad shelf separate from a tongue
PAN TZONG-SHII58 citations98
US8477459B1Jul 2, 2013
Disk drive head gimbal assembly having a flexure tail with dual conductive layers and features to facilitate bonding
PAN TZONG-SHII62 citations98
US8279560B1Oct 2, 2012
Head stack assembly with suspension tail bond alignment by solder pin
PAN TZONG-SHII53 citations98
US8142671B1Mar 27, 2012
Method to fabricate a damped suspension assembly
PAN TZONG-SHII52 citations98
US8064170B1Nov 22, 2011
Method to align a flexure tail having bent alignment tab feature to a flex cable of a head gimbal assembly
PAN TZONG-SHII53 citations98
US8467153B1Jun 18, 2013
Disk drive head gimbal assembly having a flexure tail with folded bond pads
PAN TZONG-SHII67 citations96
US8295013B1Oct 23, 2012
Disk drive head stack assembly having a flexible printed circuit with heat transfer limiting features
PAN TZONG-SHII73 citations96
US8068314B1Nov 29, 2011
Head stack assembly with suspension tails extending into interfering slits in a flexible printed circuit
PAN TZONG-SHII62 citations96
US8456776B1Jun 4, 2013
Disk drive head gimbal assembly having a flexure bond pad shelf offset from a tongue
PAN TZONG-SHII37 citations94
US8325447B1Dec 4, 2012
Head gimbal assembly having a load beam aperature over conductive heating pads that are offset from head bonding pads
PAN TZONG-SHII44 citations94
US8218268B1Jul 10, 2012
Head gimbal assembly having a load beam aperature over conductive heating pads that are offset from head bonding pads
PAN TZONG-SHII39 citations94
US8611052B1Dec 17, 2013
Systems and methods for aligning components of a head stack assembly of a hard disk drive
PAN TZONG-SHII48 citations93
US8194355B1Jun 5, 2012
Head stack assembly with a laminated flexure having a snap-through feature
PAN TZONG-SHII51 citations93
US8488279B1Jul 16, 2013
Disk drive suspension assembly with flexure having stacked interleaved traces
PAN TZONG-SHII49 citations92
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
14 patentsUS7907369B1Mar 15, 2011
Head gimbal assembly with flexure tail having bent alignment tab feature
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC60 citations98
US7864488B1Jan 4, 2011
Suspension assembly including a dimple that contacts a flexure tongue dielectric layer through a hole in a flexure tongue structural layer
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC55 citations98
US7826177B1Nov 2, 2010
Flexure having arms with reduced centroid offset for supporting a head in a disk drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC83 citations98
US7538981B1May 26, 2009
Head stack assembly including a flexure with radially inward fingers projecting into a flexure tail hole, and method of coupling the flexure to a flex cable
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC59 citations98
US7414814B1Aug 19, 2008
Disk drives, head stack, head gimbal and suspension assemblies having a compliant suspension tail design for solder reflow
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC61 citations98
US7898770B1Mar 1, 2011
Disk drive suspension assembly with a hinge arm attached at a recessed surface
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC58 citations97
US7567410B1Jul 28, 2009
Flexure including a heat sink and a dielectric layer under trace termination pads
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC115 citations97
US8780504B1Jul 15, 2014
Disk drive head suspension assembly with load beam inner rails between piezo actuator elements
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC48 citations94
US8760814B1Jun 24, 2014
Disk drive head suspension assembly having a DLC coating between dimple and tongue
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC47 citations94
US8760812B1Jun 24, 2014
Disk drive head gimbal assembly having a jumper in a flexible printed circuit overlap region
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC50 citations94
US8693144B1Apr 8, 2014
Head gimbal assemblies and methods for measuring slider parameters
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC38 citations94
US7995310B1Aug 9, 2011
Head-gimbal assembly including a flexure tongue with adhesive receptacles disposed adjacent to stand-offs
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC47 citations94
US8797689B1Aug 5, 2014
Disk drive head suspension assembly with piezo element stress relief features
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC50 citations93
US7315435B1Jan 1, 2008
Disk drives, head stack, head gimbal and suspension assemblies having positional conductive features
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC46 citations93
IBM
6 patentsUS6879457B2Apr 12, 2005
Timing based servo with fixed distances between transitions
IBM103 citations98
US6262868B1Jul 17, 2001
Method and structures used for connecting recording head signal wires in a microactuator
IBM78 citations96
US6055132AApr 25, 2000
Integrated lead suspension flexure for attaching a micro-actuator with a transducer slider
IBM85 citations96
US6052258AApr 18, 2000
Transducer suspension system
IBM57 citations96
US6201664B1Mar 13, 2001
Polymer bumps for trace and shock protection
IBM105 citations94
US6233121B1May 15, 2001
Magnetic disk drive suspension pitch motion limiter
IBM43 citations93
ZHANG YIDUO
4 patentsUS8276256B1Oct 2, 2012
Head stack assembly method using flexure tail raised region
ZHANG YIDUO54 citations97
US8274760B1Sep 25, 2012
Suspension assembly including a flexure tail with staggered rows of apertures
ZHANG YIDUO50 citations97
US8194354B1Jun 5, 2012
Suspension assembly including a flexure tail with staggered rows of apertures
ZHANG YIDUO51 citations97
US8064168B1Nov 22, 2011
Head stack assembly with flexure tail retention features
ZHANG YIDUO60 citations97
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH
4 patentsUS6801400B2Oct 5, 2004
Motion limiter for disk drive integrated gimbal suspension
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH23 citations92
US6785094B2Aug 31, 2004
Weld free high performance laminate suspension
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH34 citations92
US6747849B1Jun 8, 2004
High performance suspension with reduced flow-induced vibration
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH21 citations92
US6738231B2May 18, 2004
Piezoelectric microactuator for slider side actuation
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH47 citations92
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC
2 patentsLIU YANNING
1 patentTEO KIA MOH
1 patentLEE YU-MIN
1 patentSHUM WING C
1 patentPUTTICHAEM WACHIRA
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