Patents by Inventor Calvin Dean Lantrip

Calvin Dean Lantrip 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).

  • Method of attaching a slider with head transducer to a suspension
    Patent number: 6523250
    Abstract: A method for assembling a slider suspension assembly for use in a disk drive is disclosed. A ceramic slider with an attached recording head is placed on a suspension and is held in alignment by soldering the electrical connections while the epoxy placed between the slider and the suspension hardens. The method results in a much more economical process which does not require the number of expensive tools needed to carry out the conventional process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: A. David Erpelding, Surya Pattanaik, Calvin Dean Lantrip
  • Method of attaching a slider with head transducer to a suspension
    Publication number: 20020133933
    Abstract: A method for assembling a slider suspension assembly for use in a disk drive is disclosed. A ceramic slider with an attached recording head is placed on a suspension and is held in alignment by soldering the electrical connections while the epoxy placed between the slider and the suspension hardens. The method results in a much more economical process which does not require the number of expensive tools needed to carry out the conventional process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: A. David Erpelding, Surya Pattanaik, Calvin Dean Lantrip