Patents by Inventor Thomas Steinbrenner

Thomas Steinbrenner 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).

  • Assembly and method for wire encapsulation within head gimbal assemblies of DASD files
    Patent number: 5585979
    Abstract: A method and assembly are disclosed for bundling wires utilized in a head gimbal assembly of a magnetic disk storage device. According to the method of the present invention, a number of wires are routed along a predetermined path on a surface of the arm of the head gimbal assembly. While the wires are maintained along the predetermined path, an adhesive is dispensed at selected locations along the predetermined path. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the adhesive is applied in a contiguous manner along the length of the wires extending beyond the end of the arm. Finally, the adhesive is cured to encapsulate a portion of the wires within a sleeve of adhesive. In an alternate embodiment of the present invention, the adhesive is dispensed over the wires in a plurality of non-contiguous segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: A. David Erpelding, Harald R. Lindner, Juergen Netzker, Thomas Steinbrenner