Patents by Inventor John A. Theget

John A. Theget 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).

  • Low resistance ground joints for dual stage actuation disk drive suspensions
    Patent number: 8885299
    Abstract: Stable, low resistance conductive adhesive ground connections between motor contacts and a gold-plated contact area on a stainless steel component of a dual stage actuated suspension. The stainless steel component can be a baseplate, load beam, hinge, motor plate, add-on feature or flexure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffry S. Bennin, Jacob D. Bjorstrom, Shawn P. Bopp, Reed T. Hentges, Michael T. Hofflander, Richard R. Jenneke, Craig A. Leabch, Mark S. Lewandowski, Zachary A. Pokornowski, Brian D. Schafer, Brian J. Stepien, John A. Theget, John E. Theisen, John L. Wagner
  • Disk drive head suspension with leaf spring gram loading
    Patent number: 7961434
    Abstract: A disk drive head suspension having a leaf-type gram load spring. One embodiment of the suspension includes a base plate and a load beam. The load beam is formed from a single piece of stainless steel and includes a mounting region, a beam region, a spring region between the mounting region and beam region, and a leaf spring extending from the beam region. The mounting region of the load beam is attached to the base plate, with a proximal end portion of the leaf spring overlaying the base plate. The leaf spring can have a formed bend in the z-height direction and is forced into a loaded state before the proximal end is welded to the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffry S. Bennin, Richard G. Fiedler, John A. Theget, Michael R. Tiller, Allan D. Tokuda