Patents Assigned to Magnecomp Corp.
  • Unitary load beam and cam follower
    Patent number: 5742454
    Abstract: Load beam for supporting a terminally disposed flexure carrying a head slider in operative association with a removable disk drive and an actuator for shifting the load beam along its longitudinal axis, the load beam being formed of a single member and having an integrally formed laterally projecting cam follower unitary therewith for effective lifting of the head slider from the disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: Magnecomp Corp.
    Inventors: Daniel Vera, David Wolf
  • Double dimple disk drive suspension
    Patent number: 5666241
    Abstract: A disk drive suspension assembly in which the spacing of the slider in operative proximity to the disk is determined by the additive height of separate opposed dimples on the flexure and load beam, respectively, engaged in a common locus of engagement, the flexure having in addition a local deflection to offset the outer flexure portion carrying the dimple from the inner flexure portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: Magnecomp Corp.
    Inventor: Robert N. Summers
  • Method for the fabrication of integrated conductor suspensions and product
    Patent number: 5630948
    Abstract: Integrated conductor suspensions are fabricated by progressively etching a suspension shape in a preformed laminate of copper, and stainless steel adhering to an intermediate resin layer, including defining pairs of signal lines in the copper layer having exposed sides and top, and coating these exposed sides and top with an adherent layer of gold down to the resin layer against corrosion in ambient corrosive environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Assignee: Magnecomp Corp.
    Inventors: Susumu Ueda, Daniel Vera