Patents by Inventor Kinnosuke Satou

Kinnosuke Satou 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: 7144687
    Abstract: A step of forming an insulating resin layer 31 includes a process of forming the insulating resin layer 31 made of a photo-sensitive resin on a load beam or a flexure 11 and an exposing and developing process in which a photo-mask 32 having different light transmittance between a part corresponding to a part near a slider mounting part 22 and other parts is applied to the insulating resin layer 31, exposed and developed so that the thickness of the insulating resin layer 31 of the part near the slider mounting part 22 is smaller than the thickness of the insulating resin layer 31 of other parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hidehiko Fujisaki, Kinnosuke Satou, Osamu Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20050037139
    Abstract: A step of forming an insulating resin layer 31 includes a process of forming the insulating resin layer 31 made of a photo-sensitive resin on a load beam or a flexure 11 and an exposing and developing process in which a photo-mask 32 having different light transmittance between a part corresponding to a part near a slider mounting part 22 and other parts is applied to the insulating resin layer 31, exposed and developed so that the thickness of the insulating resin layer 31 of the part near the slider mounting part 22 is smaller than the thickness of the insulating resin layer 31 of other parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidehiko Fujisaki, Kinnosuke Satou, Osamu Takahashi