Patents by Inventor Todd M. Morton

Todd M. Morton 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).

  • Fixtureless manufacture of bonded actuator/coil assemblies
    Patent number: 7597833
    Abstract: An actuator/coil assembly (136) is disclosed where two different bonding operations are used. First, a bobbin (164) is overmolded to a coil (172), and a first overmolded part (176) is overmolded to both the coil (172) and a fan tail (152) of the actuator (140). The overmolding operation defines one or more adhesive receptacles (168) in the bobbin (164) on a perimeter that interfaces with the coil (172), and further defines one or more adhesive receptacles (180) in the first overmolded part (176) on a perimeter that interfaces with the coil (172) and that interfaces with the fan tail (152) of the actuator (140). Adhesive (184) is disposed within these receptacles (168, 180) to increase the stiffness of the actuator/coil assembly (136).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Maxtor Corporation
    Inventors: David D. Brause, Todd M. Morton, Tave J. Fruge
  • Eyeglasses
    Patent number: D718371
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: RealD Inc.
    Inventor: Todd M. Morton