Inventor
BUDDE RICHARD AUGUST
US20 patents
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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
14 patentsUS6233124B1May 15, 2001
Piezoelectric microactuator suspension assembly with improved stroke length
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC123 citations97
US6157522ADec 5, 2000
Suspension-level microactuator
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC141 citations97
US6680825B1Jan 20, 2004
In-plane suspension-level bending microactuator for precise head positioning
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC26 citations92
US6728073B1Apr 27, 2004
Flexible circuit designs with improved damping
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC14 citations83
US6704995B2Mar 16, 2004
Method for swaging a suspension assembly to an actuator arm of an actuator block
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC15 citations82
US6353994B1Mar 12, 2002
Method of securing a head assembly to an actuator arm using a base plate with improved torque retention
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC5 citations74
US6480459B2Nov 12, 2002
Suspension design including shaped gimbal arms having a reduced mass portion along a length thereof
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC6 citations73
US6288875B1Sep 11, 2001
Gimbal assembly with contoured gimbal arms for improved gimbal resonance
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC13 citations73
US6389684B1May 21, 2002
Swaging flexures to E-block arms
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC12 citations71
US6175474B1Jan 16, 2001
Base plate with improved torque retention
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC5 citations63
US7019946B2Mar 28, 2006
Laminate load beam with trench arrangement having circuit housed therein
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC2 citations60
US6757138B2Jun 29, 2004
Interconnect routing for reduced airflow excitation
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC1 citations52
US9997206B2Jun 12, 2018
Disc drive actuator assembly with bearing cooling
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations51
US9747955B2Aug 29, 2017
Disc drive actuator assembly with bearing cooling
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations51
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY
6 patentsUS5896246AApr 20, 1999
Suspension fabricated from silicon
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY73 citations94
US5711063AJan 27, 1998
Method of forming a suspension fabricated from silicon
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY46 citations94
US6011671AJan 4, 2000
Head gimbal assembly for limiting dimple separation for a data storage device
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY60 citations90
US5896646AApr 27, 1999
Base plate with improved torque retention
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY15 citations82
US6038103AMar 14, 2000
Base plate with improved torque retention
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY6 citations74
US5757586AMay 26, 1998
Flexure mounting plate with deswaging tabs
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY16 citations73