Patents by Inventor Erich W. Bierbrauer

Erich W. Bierbrauer 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 And Apparatus For Singulation Detachment
    Publication number: 20230025354
    Abstract: A component is disclosed. A component includes an elongated body, with a first end and a second end; and one or more tabs at the first end and the second end, the tabs configured to have a lower tensile strength than other regions of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Erich W. Bierbrauer, Nole D. German
  • Removable tabs and methods of making and using the same
    Patent number: 11414226
    Abstract: A method of making a component includes applying a clamping force to the component, the component coupled to a carrier strip of a panel via a polymeric tab and separating a portion of the polymeric tab from a substrate of the component, thereby causing the component to be detached from the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Erich W. Bierbrauer, Scott J. Cray, Peter F. Ladwig, Clark T. Olsen, Zachary A. Pokornowski
  • Shape memory alloy wire attachment structures with adhesive for a suspension assembly
    Patent number: 11409070
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include a suspension assembly having a support member, a moving member movably coupled to the support member, and shape metal alloy wires coupled between the support and moving members by attachment structures. According to various embodiments, the attachment structures include at least one of: an adhesive disposed proximate to a side of the attachment structures and between the attachment structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Bryan J. Scheele, Dean E. Myers, Michael W. Davis, Erich W. Bierbrauer, Mark A. Miller
  • Removable Tabs And Methods Of Making And Using The Same
    Publication number: 20190263550
    Abstract: A method of making a component includes applying a clamping force to the component, the component coupled to a carrier strip of a panel via a polymeric tab and separating a portion of the polymeric tab from a substrate of the component, thereby causing the component to be detached from the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Erich W. Bierbrauer, Scott J. Cray, Peter F. Ladwig, Clark T. Olsen, Zachary A. Pokornowski
  • Bearing limiter structures in optical image stabilization suspensions
    Patent number: 10397478
    Abstract: A suspension assembly is described. A suspension assembly including a support member; a moving member; one or more bearings; and one or more bearing limiters. The one or more bearings between the support member and the moving member to space the support member and moving member by a bearing distance about the z axis. And, the one or more bearing limiters between the first and second members to limit movement of the support member and moving member about the z axis to a gap distance that is less than the bearing distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark A. Miller, Richard R. Jenneke, Donald M. Anderson, Erich W. Bierbrauer
  • Bearing Limiter Structures In Optical Image Stabilization Suspensions
    Publication number: 20180191957
    Abstract: A suspension assembly is described. A suspension assembly including a support member; a moving member; one or more bearings; and one or more bearing limiters. The one or more bearings between the support member and the moving member to space the support member and moving member by a bearing distance about the z axis. And, the one or more bearing limiters between the first and second members to limit movement of the support member and moving member about the z axis to a gap distance that is less than the bearing distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Mark A. Miller, Richard R. Jenneke, Donald M. Anderson, Erich W. Bierbrauer
  • Shape Memory Alloy Wire Attachment Structures With Adhesive For A Suspension Assembly
    Publication number: 20170357076
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include a suspension assembly having a support member, a moving member movably coupled to the support member, and shape metal alloy wires coupled between the support and moving members by attachment structures. According to various embodiments, the attachment structures include at least one of: an adhesive disposed proximate to a side of the attachment structures and between the attachment structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Bryan J. Scheele, Dean E. Myers, Michael W. Davis, Erich W. Bierbrauer, Mark A. Miller