Patents by Inventor Kim Aimonetti

Kim Aimonetti 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).

  • Head suspension having gram load change reduction and method of assembly
    Patent number: 6512657
    Abstract: A suspension assembly for a magnetic head reduces isolation forces caused by swaging the suspension to an actuator arm of a disk drive. The suspension is formed with a first end, and a second end having an inner periphery which defines an opening. Tabs extend from the inner periphery into the opening. A base plate with a cylindrical hub is welded to the tabs and the hub extends through the inner periphery. Multiple isolation welds formed on the suspension cooperate with the tabs to isolate forces and limit force propagation when the hub is swaged to the actuator arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Read-Rite Corporation
    Inventors: William P. Heist, Kim Aimonetti, Dominic S. Biondo, Larry E. Tucker
  • Base plate for suspension assembly in hard disk drive with stress isolation
    Patent number: 6399179
    Abstract: A base plate comprising a hub, a flange having an outer flange region at an outer periphery of the flange and a clamping region that surrounds and is contiguous with the hub. A strain isolation region of the flange surrounds and is contiguous with the clamping region. The strain isolation region has a stress-reducing configuration that provides alternately patterned continuity areas and discontinuity areas between the modified region and adjacent areas of the outer flange region and the clamping region. The strain isolation region may be either a series of holes in the flange surrounding the clamping region, or a number of arcuate slots cut completely through the flange surrounding the clamping region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignees: Intri-Plex Technologies, Inc., Read-Rite Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Hanrahan, Ryan Schmidt, William P. Heist, Larry Tucker, Kim Aimonetti
  • Head suspension having gram load change reduction and method of assembly
    Publication number: 20020006014
    Abstract: A suspension assembly for a magnetic head reduces isolation forces caused by swaging the suspension to an actuator arm of a disk drive. The suspension is formed with a first end, and a second end having an inner periphery which defines an opening. Tabs extend from the inner periphery into the opening. A base plate with a cylindrical hub is welded to the tabs and the hub extends through the inner periphery. The tabs isolate forces caused when the hub is swaged to the actuator arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Applicant: Read-Rite Corporation
    Inventors: William P. Heist, Kim Aimonetti, Dominic S. Biondo, Larry E. Tucker
  • Head suspension having gram load change reduction and method of assembly
    Patent number: 6230959
    Abstract: A suspension assembly for a magnetic head reduces isolation forces caused by swaging the suspension to an actuator arm of a disk drive. The suspension is formed with a first end, and a second end having an inner periphery which defines an opening. Tabs extend from the inner periphery into the opening. A base plate with a cylindrical hub is welded to the tabs and the hub extends through the inner periphery. Multiple isolation welds formed on the suspension cooperate with the tabs to isolate forces and limit force propagation when the hub is swaged to the actuator arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Read-Rite Corporation
    Inventors: William P. Heist, Kim Aimonetti, Dominic S. Biondo, Larry E. Tucker
  • Head suspension having tabs and force isolation welds for gram load reduction during swaging
    Patent number: 6160684
    Abstract: A suspension assembly for a magnetic head reduces isolation forces caused by swaging the suspension to an actuator arm of a disk drive. The suspension is formed with a first end, and a second end having an inner periphery which defines an opening. Tabs extend from the inner periphery into the opening. A base plate with a cylindrical hub is welded to the tabs and the hub extends through the inner periphery. Multiple isolation welds formed on the suspension cooperate with the tabs to isolate forces and limit force propagation when the hub is swaged to the actuator arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Read-Rite Corporation
    Inventors: William P. Heist, Kim Aimonetti, Dominic S. Biondo, Larry E. Tucker
  • Base plate suspension assembly in a hard disk drive with step in flange
    Patent number: 6046885
    Abstract: A base plate having a hub, a flange having an outer flange region at an outer periphery of the flange and a clamping region at an inner periphery of the flange that is contiguous with the hub. The flange has a modified region that at least partially surrounds and is contiguous with the clamping region, the modified region having a stress reducing configuration such that the clamping region is thicker than the outer flange region. The modified region may be a circular or linear step, and can be on either side of the flange. The step fits the contour of a load beam and the flange is welded to the load beam. The load beam thickness is the same as or less than the thickness of the step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Intri-Plex Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kim Aimonetti, Kevin Hanrahan, William P. Heist, Ryan Schmidt, Larry Tucker