Patents by Inventor Adam Donald Sutton

Adam Donald Sutton 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).

  • Swage mount for hard disk drives
    Patent number: 9165578
    Abstract: A swage mount is provided for attaching a head suspension assembly to a head actuator arm for a hard disk drive. The swage mount has a flange body with a thickness for providing clearance from the underlying disk. The swage mount may have a tip for in-plane movement. The tip may be ‘T’ shaped. The tip has a thickness that is greater than the thickness of the flange body for withstanding out-of-plane loads and for enhancing performance of the hard disk drive, for example, during reading/writing of data using the head. Mass properties of the swage mount, the twisting/bending yield load, modal frequency responses, and other performance metrics are analyzed to design the dimensions of the swage mount having favorable in-plane compliance and superior out-of-plane robustness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: INTRI-PLEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: David Django Dexter, Paul Wesley Smith, Adam Donald Sutton, Ryan John Schmidt
  • Swage Mount for Hard Disk Drives
    Publication number: 20150255095
    Abstract: A swage mount is provided for attaching a head suspension assembly to a head actuator arm for a hard disk drive. The swage mount has a flange body with a thickness for providing clearance from the underlying disk. The swage mount may have a tip for in-plane movement. The tip may be ‘T’ shaped. The tip has a thickness that is greater than the thickness of the flange body for withstanding out-of-plane loads and for enhancing performance of the hard disk drive, for example, during reading/writing of data using the head. Mass properties of the swage mount, the twisting/bending yield load, modal frequency responses, and other performance metrics are analyzed to design the dimensions of the swage mount having favorable in-plane compliance and superior out-of-plane robustness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: Intri-Plex Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Django Dexter, Paul Wesley Smith, Adam Donald Sutton, Ryan John Schmidt