Patents by Inventor Michael Ranes

Michael Ranes 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 and suspension arm interconnection for magnetic storage device
    Patent number: 10460754
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a magnetic storage device that comprises a suspension arm co-movably fixed to a carriage arm. The suspension arm comprises a slider attachment side and at least one first electrical contact pad on the slider attachment side. The suspension arm also comprises a slider co-movably fixed to the suspension arm. The slider comprises a suspension attachment side, a non-head side facing the suspension arm and intersecting the suspension attachment side at a first slider edge of the slider, a head side facing away from the suspension arm, and at least one electrical contact component on the suspension attachment side up to the first slider edge. At least one solder weldment is directly coupled to the at least one first electrical contact pad and the at least one electrical contact component. Additionally, a read-write head is coupled to the head side of the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yuhsuke Matsumoto, Kenichi Murata, Adisak Tokaew, David Druist, Glenn Gee, Mark Moravec, Michael Ranes, Peter Paolo Dilla
  • READ-WRITE HEAD ASSEMBLY FOR MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190244636
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a magnetic storage device that comprises a suspension arm co-movably fixed to a carriage arm. The suspension arm comprises a slider attachment side and at least one first electrical contact pad on the slider attachment side. The suspension arm also comprises a slider co-movably fixed to the suspension arm. The slider comprises a suspension attachment side, a non-head side facing the suspension arm and intersecting the suspension attachment side at a first slider edge of the slider, a head side facing away from the suspension arm, and at least one electrical contact component on the suspension attachment side up to the first slider edge. At least one solder weldment is directly coupled to the at least one first electrical contact pad and the at least one electrical contact component. Additionally, a read-write head is coupled to the head side of the slider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Yuhsuke Matsumoto, Kenichi Murata, Adisak Tokaew, David Druist, Glenn Gee, Mark Moravec, Michael Ranes, Peter Paolo Dilla