Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Louis L. Bachand
  • Separably bondable shunt for wireless suspensions
    Patent number: 6351352
    Abstract: The invention provides continuing shunt protection of wireless suspension assemblies with a shunt structure that is readily attached to and detached from the contact pads or other exposed areas of the conductive traces of the flexible conductive laminate portion of the wireless suspension for use as needed to protect the MR and GMR elements/heads. The shunt structure comprises a conductive web to connect the conductive traces in parallel, and adhesive allowing the separable attachment of the web to the traces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Magnecomp Corp.
    Inventors: Amanullah Khan, Warren Coon