Patents by Inventor Michael E. Detjens

Michael E. Detjens 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).

  • Method for making an actuator assembly for supporting a read/write device in an information storage device
    Patent number: 7207097
    Abstract: An actuator assembly for supporting a read/write device in an information storage device having an actuator arm having at least one tower protruding from a first surface of the actuator arm, a loadbeam having at least one tower receiving means for receiving the at least one tower, wherein the at least one tower is shaped to extend into the at least one tower receiving means when the loadbeam is joined with the actuator arm, and wherein the tower and tower receiving means are configured such that deforming the at least one tower when within the at least one tower receiving means provides a deformation interference between the at least one tower and the at least one tower receiving means that reduces movement of the tower receiving means relative to the tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael E. Detjens, Craig A. Leabch, Shane J. Van Sloun
  • Deformable towers useful for assembly of suspensions used in a data storge drive
    Publication number: 20040181933
    Abstract: An actuator assembly for supporting a read/write device in an information storage device having an actuator arm having at least one tower protruding from a first surface of the actuator arm, a loadbeam having at least one tower receiving means for receiving the at least one tower, wherein the at least one tower is shaped to extend into the at least one tower receiving means when the loadbeam is joined with the actuator arm, and wherein the tower and tower receiving means are configured such that deforming the at least one tower when within the at least one tower receiving means provides a deformation interference between the at least one tower and the at least one tower receiving means that reduces movement of the tower receiving means relative to the tower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael E. Detjens, Craig A. Leabch
  • Deformable towers useful for assembly of suspensions used in a data storage drive
    Patent number: 6704163
    Abstract: An actuator assembly for supporting a read/write device in an information storage device having an actuator arm having at least one tower protruding from a first surface of the actuator arm, a loadbeam having at least one tower receiving means for receiving the at least one tower, wherein the at least one tower is shaped to extend into the at least one tower receiving means when the loadbeam is joined with the actuator arm, and wherein the tower and tower receiving means are configured such that deforming the at least one tower when within the at least one tower receiving means provides a deformation interference between the at least one tower and the at least one tower receiving means that reduces movement of the tower receiving means relative to the tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael E. Detjens, Craig A. Leabch