Patents by Inventor Bradley Ver Meer
Bradley Ver Meer 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).
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Patent number: 9875760Abstract: A slider of a magnetic recording head comprises a media-facing surface, an upper surface opposing the media-facing surface, a leading edge, and a trailing edge. A plurality of electrical bond pads is disposed in a spaced-apart relationship on the trailing edge of the slider. An interconnect interposer is connected to the trailing edge of the slider. The interposer comprises a back side comprising a plurality of electrical contacts in contact with the plurality of bond pads on the trailing edge of the slider. The interposer also comprises a front side comprising a plurality of electrical interposer pads corresponding in number to the plurality of electrical contacts on the back side. The interposer further comprises a plurality of conductors each of which electrically couples one of the plurality of electrical contacts on the back side with one of the plurality of interposer pads on the front side.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Kevin Anthony McNeill, Lars Ahlen, Jason Bryce Gadbois, James Gary Wessel, Bradley Ver Meer
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Publication number: 20170372733Abstract: A slider of a magnetic recording head comprises a media-facing surface, an upper surface opposing the media-facing surface, a leading edge, and a trailing edge. A plurality of electrical bond pads is disposed in a spaced-apart relationship on the trailing edge of the slider. An interconnect interposer is connected to the trailing edge of the slider. The interposer comprises a back side comprising a plurality of electrical contacts in contact with the plurality of bond pads on the trailing edge of the slider. The interposer also comprises a front side comprising a plurality of electrical interposer pads corresponding in number to the plurality of electrical contacts on the back side. The interposer further comprises a plurality of conductors each of which electrically couples one of the plurality of electrical contacts on the back side with one of the plurality of interposer pads on the front side.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2017Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventors: Kevin Anthony McNeill, Lars Ahlen, Jason Bryce Gadbois, James Gary Wessel, Bradley Ver Meer
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Publication number: 20170316796Abstract: A gimbal assembly includes a flex circuit with a first end extending along a loadbeam and second end having bond pads configured to be electrically coupled to a slider. The gimbal assembly includes a metallic layer with a fixed portion fixably attached to the loadbeam and a movable portion fixably attachable to the slider. The movable portion has at least one extension arm coupled to and providing support to the second end of the flex circuit. First and second linear actuators are coupled between the fixed portion and the movable portion. The first and second linear actuators cause a rotation of the slider in response to an electric signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Vijay Kumar, Ravishankar Ajjanagadde Shivarama, Taiho Yeom, Razman Zambri, Bradley Ver Meer
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Patent number: 9792936Abstract: A gimbal assembly includes a flex circuit with a first end extending along a loadbeam and second end having bond pads configured to be electrically coupled to a slider. The gimbal assembly includes a metallic layer with a fixed portion fixably attached to the loadbeam and a movable portion fixably attachable to the slider. The movable portion has at least one extension arm coupled to and providing support to the second end of the flex circuit. First and second linear actuators are coupled between the fixed portion and the movable portion. The first and second linear actuators cause a rotation of the slider in response to an electric signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Vijay Kumar, Ravishankar Ajjanagadde Shivarama, Taiho Yeom, Razman Zambri, Bradley Ver Meer
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Patent number: 9786308Abstract: A slider of a magnetic recording head comprises a media-facing surface, an upper surface opposing the media-facing surface, a leading edge, and a trailing edge. A plurality of electrical bond pads is disposed in a spaced-apart relationship on the trailing edge of the slider. An interconnect interposer is connected to the trailing edge of the slider. The interposer comprises a back side comprising a plurality of electrical contacts in contact with the plurality of bond pads on the trailing edge of the slider. The interposer also comprises a front side comprising a plurality of electrical interposer pads corresponding in number to the plurality of electrical contacts on the back side. The interposer further comprises a plurality of conductors each of which electrically couples one of the plurality of electrical contacts on the back side with one of the plurality of interposer pads on the front side.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Kevin Anthony McNeill, Lars Ahlen, Jason Bryce Gadbois, James Gary Wessel, Bradley Ver Meer
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Publication number: 20150332716Abstract: Assemblies and methods that include a flex circuit having a slider facing surface and an opposing back surface; a slider having a back surface and an opposing air bearing surface (ABS), the slider including an electrical connection region; and a through circuit electrical connection, that is in electrical connection with the electrical connection region of the slider, the back surface of the slider interfacing with the slider facing surface of the flex circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2014Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Jason B. Gadbois, Bradley Ver Meer, Joseph Stephan, Scott Matzke, Ravishankar Ajjanagadde Shivarama, Christopher Unger
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Patent number: 9171561Abstract: Assemblies and methods that include a flex circuit having a slider facing surface and an opposing back surface; a slider having a back surface and an opposing air bearing surface (ABS), the slider including an electrical connection region; and a through circuit electrical connection, that is in electrical connection with the electrical connection region of the slider, the back surface of the slider interfacing with the slider facing surface of the flex circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Seagate Technology LLCInventors: Jason B. Gadbois, Bradley Ver Meer, Joseph Stephan, Scott Matzke, Ravishankar Ajjanagadde Shivarama, Christopher Unger
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Patent number: 7965589Abstract: A device comprises a recordable disc, a substrate adjacent to the recordable disc, and an actuation mechanism fixed to the substrate. The recordable disc includes a base layer and a recordable layer on the base layer. Additional electrodes or magnetic components may be placed on the base layer to provide electromagnetic or electrostatic forces to rotate the recordable disc when acted on by the actuation mechanism. As an example, the invention may utilize MEMS techniques in order to integrate a disc and motor of a disc drive as a common component.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2007Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Seagate Technology LLCInventors: Roger Hipwell, Nurul Amin, John Pendray, Andrew White, Bradley Ver Meer, Hans Leuthold, Menachem Rafaelof, Wayne Bonin
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Patent number: 7957091Abstract: A device comprises a fluid bearing including a textured fluid bearing surface and a second surface and a recordable disc. The recordable disc includes a substrate, a recordable media layer on the substrate, and at least one of the textured fluid bearing surface and the second surface. The device may be manufactured using MEMS techniques. MEMS techniques provide the high precision necessary to create the textured fluid bearing surface. MEMS techniques also allow the recordable disc to be batch-fabricated with one or more additional recordable discs.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2007Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Seagate Technology LLCInventors: Roger Hipwell, Nurul Amin, John Pendray, Andrew White, Bradley Ver Meer, Hans Leuthold, Menachem Rafaelof, Wayne Bonin
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Patent number: 7835110Abstract: A micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) disc drive includes high-precision and integrated components to allow for increased functionality, robustness and reduced size as compared to currently produced disc drives. Integrating multiple subcomponents of the disc drive using batch processing provides low manufacturing costs. Furthermore, using MEMS techniques, new features can be added to disc drives. For example, an environmental control component, an accelerometer and/or a thermometer may be integrated into the housing of the disc drive.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2007Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Seagate TechnologyInventors: Alan Johnston, Roger Hipwell, Hans Leuthold, Song S. Xue, Nurul Amin, Andrew White, Patrick Ryan, Bradley Ver Meer, John Pendray, Steven Kalderon, Wayne Bonin, Jeffery Berkowitz
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Patent number: 7826171Abstract: In general, the invention is directed to techniques for integrated interconnects with a set of disc drives. The interconnects allow for a set of disc drives to be positioned in an array; for example, as set of disc drives may be stacked to communicate with a device through a single interface of the device. The interconnects may be formed as vias within the housing of the disc drives. Vias may produced using MEMS techniques, e.g., electroplating, as part of the manufacturing processes of the disc drive itself.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2007Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Seagate Technology LLCInventors: Alan Johnston, Roger Hipwell, Hans Leuthold, Song S. Xue, Nurul Amin, Andrew White, Patrick Ryan, Bradley Ver Meer, John Pendray, Steven Kalderon, Wayne Bonin, Jeffery Berkowitz