Patents by Inventor Neal T. Eidenschink

Neal T. Eidenschink 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).

  • Visco pad placement in disk drives
    Patent number: 9443547
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and a related systems and tools for dispensing an adhesive piece having damping qualities onto a component of a hard disk drive suspension. The adhesive piece can be commercially available layered strip sold as an adhesive layer having a first and a second liner adhered to each side. An exemplary method can cut an adhesive piece, separate the adhesive piece from a secondary liner, adhere the adhesive piece onto a component of a hard disk drive suspension, separate a primary liner from the adhesive piece, and dispose of the primary liner using a conventional gantry system. The method can be performed using a two-step operation of the gantry system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Bryan J. Scheele, Neal T. Eidenschink, John L. Schumann, Trent A. Johnson, Daniel W. Scheele, Cameron T. Hempel, Scott J. Cray, Kenneth L. Bolster
  • VISCO PAD PLACEMENT IN DISK DRIVES
    Publication number: 20150194176
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and a related systems and tools for dispensing an adhesive piece having damping qualities onto a component of a hard disk drive suspension. The adhesive piece can be commercially available layered strip sold as an adhesive layer having a first and a second liner adhered to each side. An exemplary method can cut an adhesive piece, separate the adhesive piece from a secondary liner, adhere the adhesive piece onto a component of a hard disk drive suspension, separate a primary liner from the adhesive piece, and dispose of the primary liner using a conventional gantry system. The method can be performed using a two-step operation of the gantry system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Bryan J. Scheele, Neal T. Eidenschink, John L. Schumann, Trent A. Johnson, Daniel W. Scheele, Cameron T. Hempel, Scott J. Cray, Kenneth L. Bolster
  • Visco pad placement in disk drives
    Patent number: 8834660
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and a related systems and tools for dispensing an adhesive piece having damping qualities onto a component of a hard disk drive suspension. The adhesive piece can be commercially available layered strip sold as an adhesive layer having a first and a second liner adhered to each side. An exemplary method can cut an adhesive piece, separate the adhesive piece from a secondary liner, adhere the adhesive piece onto a component of a hard disk drive suspension, separate a primary liner from the adhesive piece, and dispose of the primary liner using a conventional gantry system. The method can be performed using a two-step operation of the gantry system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Bryan J. Scheele, Neal T. Eidenschink, John L. Schumann, Trent A. Johnson, Daniel W. Scheele, Cameron T. Hempel, Scott J. Cray, Kenneth L. Bolster