Patents by Inventor Timothy Stoebe

Timothy Stoebe 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).

  • Contamination reduction head for media
    Patent number: 9613658
    Abstract: A cleaning head and methods for removing contaminants from a data storage media, the cleaning head having a cleaning surface comprising a self-assembled monolayer, with the cleaning surface leading a read/write transducer. The self-assembled monolayer is selected to have a terminal functional group that has a high affinity to the contaminant(s) desired to be attracted and/or removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Engelkes, David Ellison, Timothy Stoebe
  • CONTAMINATION REDUCTION HEAD FOR MEDIA
    Publication number: 20160343401
    Abstract: A cleaning head and methods for removing contaminants from a data storage media, the cleaning head having a cleaning surface comprising a self-assembled monolayer, with the cleaning surface leading a read/write transducer. The self-assembled monolayer is selected to have a terminal functional group that has a high affinity to the contaminant(s) desired to be attracted and/or removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Vincent Engelkes, David Ellison, Timothy Stoebe
  • SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER COATING FOR DISC DRIVE MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20160232946
    Abstract: A method of making a disc drive assembly comprising a plurality of components, the method comprising providing a self-assembled monolayer coating on at least one piece of process equipment that contacts at least one of the plurality of components. The self-assembled monolayer coating is not present in the assembled disc drive assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Timothy Stoebe, David J. Ellison, Robert A. Fernandez, John L. Brand
  • CONTAMINATION REDUCTION HEAD FOR MEDIA
    Publication number: 20160035385
    Abstract: A cleaning head and methods for removing contaminants from a data storage media, the cleaning head having a cleaning surface comprising a self-assembled monolayer, with the cleaning surface leading a read/write transducer. The self-assembled monolayer is selected to have a terminal functional group that has a high affinity to the contaminant(s) desired to be attracted and/or removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Vincent Engelkes, David Ellison, Timothy Stoebe