Patents by Inventor Mark Allen Herendeen

Mark Allen Herendeen 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).

  • Slider level lapping carrier
    Patent number: 9776299
    Abstract: A carrier may be configured and operated to engage a lapping plate with a plurality of physically separated sliders attached to a common adhesive of the carrier. The carrier can be constructed to have at least one finger adjacent to and capable of translating a single slider of the plurality of physically separated sliders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventor: Mark Allen Herendeen
  • In-situ lapping plate mapping device
    Patent number: 9286930
    Abstract: A device and associated method of use can have at least an object with a work surface that contacts a lapping surface of a tool. Topography of the lapping surface can be mapped in-situ by an adjacent sensor array and the topography stored in a memory. The sensor array may be configured with a plurality of sensors positioned on opposite sides of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Raymond Leroy Moudry, Pramit Parikh, Mark Allen Herendeen, Joel W. Hoehn
  • Slider Level Lapping Carrier
    Publication number: 20150099427
    Abstract: A carrier may be configured and operated to engage a lapping plate with a plurality of physically separated sliders attached to a common adhesive of the carrier. The carrier can be constructed to have at least one finger adjacent to and capable of translating a single slider of the plurality of physically separated sliders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventor: Mark Allen Herendeen
  • IN-SITU LAPPING PLATE MAPPING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150062746
    Abstract: A device and associated method of use can have at least an object with a work surface that contacts a lapping surface of a tool. Topography of the lapping surface can be mapped in-situ by an adjacent sensor array and the topography stored in a memory. The sensor array may be configured with a plurality of sensors positioned on opposite sides of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Raymond Leroy Moudry, Pramit Parikh, Mark Allen Herendeen, Joel W. Hoehn
  • Flexure assembly
    Patent number: 8628377
    Abstract: A flexure assembly comprising a flexure stack comprising a plurality of individual webs connected together with a force in an x-direction to produce a friction in a z-direction orthogonal to the x-direction between the plurality of webs, the friction holding the plurality of webs in engagement. In some embodiments, the flexure assembly includes a second flexure stack fixedly spaced from the first stack comprising a second plurality of individual webs connected together with a second force in the x-direction to produce a second friction in the z-direction between the second plurality of webs. The flexure assembly may be used, for example, for supporting a workpiece such as a slider row bar in a lapping machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Richard Jonathan Goldsmith, Mark Allen Herendeen, Robert Edward Chapin
  • FLEXURE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20120208440
    Abstract: A flexure assembly comprising a flexure stack comprising a plurality of individual webs connected together with a force in an x-direction to produce a friction in a z-direction orthogonal to the x-direction between the plurality of webs, the friction holding the plurality of webs in engagement. In some embodiments, the flexure assembly includes a second flexure stack fixedly spaced from the first stack comprising a second plurality of individual webs connected together with a second force in the x-direction to produce a second friction in the z-direction between the second plurality of webs. The flexure assembly may be used, for example, for supporting a workpiece such as a slider row bar in a lapping machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Richard Jonathan Goldsmith, Mark Allen Herendeen, Robert Edward Chapin