Patents by Inventor John M. Embery

John M. Embery 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).

  • Patent number: 4870525
    Abstract: A rotary actuator having at least two legs or arms extending from the distal end of a body containing a bore through which passes a shaft about which the body rotates. A frame extends from the opposite end of the body to support a flat coil which, when the actuator is assembled, cooperates with magnets to function as a rotary "voice coil". The entire structure (i.e. the legs, body and frame) is formed as a monolithic structure by casting aluminum or some other non-magnetic metal. Other manufacturing techniques may be used, such as investment casting, machining or extrusion. Hence, no assembly is needed to join the legs or the coil-support frame to the body. Flexure elements are secure to the legs and each flexure element has a hollow pin that is placed within an opening of a respective actuator leg. A ball is driven downwardly through each hollow pin to expand that pin laterally and thus wedge the flexure into firm contact with a mounting pad on the leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Assignee: MiniScribe Corporation
    Inventors: Walter Wong, John M. Embery, Richard W. Morris