Patents by Inventor Robert W. Masse

Robert W. Masse has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Head gimbal assembly for limiting dimple separation for a data storage device
    Patent number: 6011671
    Abstract: An improved head gimbal assembly for supporting a head in a disc drive assembly. The improved head gimbal assembly including a gimbal spring adapted to support a slider and provide desired flexure characteristics for the slider to pitch and roll while limiting dimple separation. The gimbal spring including spaced struts formed of elongated straight members. The struts are shaped to define a generally increasing spring constant along a substantial length of the struts extending from a distance proximal of extended ends of the struts adapted to support a slider to opposed ends of the struts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Seagate Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Masse, Richard August Budde, Brian Dean Hammel