Patents by Inventor Deborah Susan Schnur

Deborah Susan Schnur 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).

  • Electrostatic actuator with multilayer electrode stack
    Patent number: 6967806
    Abstract: An electrostatic actuator for adjusting a spacing. A first body has an electrically conducting surface, and a second body has a body surface separated by the spacing from the electrically conducting surface. A conductor layer and an actuator electrode are recessed in the second body, and an electrode face faces the electrically conducting surface across the spacing. The actuator electrode comprises a semi-insulating material with a combination of electrical resistivity and thickness which prevents shorting of the conductor layer to the electrical conducting surface through a dielectric breakdown in the spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Ram Mohan Rao, Tim William Stoebe, Deborah Susan Schnur, Zine Eddine Boutaghou, Wayne Allen Bonin, Jianxin Zhu
  • Electrostatic actuator with multilayer electrode stack
    Publication number: 20040233568
    Abstract: An electrostatic actuator for adjusting a spacing. A first body has an electrically conducting surface, and a second body has a body surface separated by the spacing from the electrically conducting surface. A conductor layer and an actuator electrode are recessed in the second body, and an electrode face faces the electrically conducting surface across the spacing. The actuator electrode comprises a semi-insulating material with a combination of electrical resistivity and thickness which prevents shorting of the conductor layer to the electrical conducting surface through a dielectric breakdown in the spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Ram Mohan Rao, Tim William Stoebe, Deborah Susan Schnur, Zine Eddine Boutaghou, Wayne Allen Bonin, Jianxin Zhu