Patents by Inventor Wayne Allen Bonin

Wayne Allen Bonin 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).

  • Microactuator suspension with multiple "I" shaped microbeams
    Publication number: 20010017750
    Abstract: A suspension supports a slider for use with a microactuator. The suspension includes a suspension arm attachment pad and a slider attachment pad, connected together by microbeams. A first plurality of microbeams run side-by-side and extend on one side of the suspension, and a second plurality of microbeams run side-by-side and extending on the other side of the suspension. The microbeams preferably include a web and at least one flange which is wider than the web, such as in an “I” shape. The suspension is fabricated out of a single crystal silicon wafer with photolithographic techniques, including doping a surface of the wafer and etching the interior of the wafer to form the “I” shaped microbeams. The microbeams of the present invention make the suspension more flexible in the lateral direction while supporting the preload force on the slider in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Applicant: Seagate Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Wayne Allen Bonin
  • Microactuator suspension with multiple “I” shaped microbeams
    Patent number: 6239952
    Abstract: A suspension supports a slider for use with a microactuator. The suspension includes a suspension arm attachment pad and a slider attachment pad, connected together by microbeams. A first plurality of microbeams run side-by-side and extend on one side of the suspension, and a second plurality of microbeams run side-by-side and extending on the other side of the suspension. The microbeams preferably include a web and at least one flange which is wider than the web, such as in an “I” shape. The suspension is fabricated out of a single crystal silicon wafer with photolithographic techniques, including doping a surface of the wafer and etching the interior of the wafer to form the “I” shaped microbeams. The microbeams of the present invention make the suspension more flexible in the lateral direction while supporting the preload force on the slider in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Seagate Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Wayne Allen Bonin
  • Disc drive actuation system having an injection molded magnetic micro-actuator with metal beam inserts and its method of fabrication
    Patent number: 6198606
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a disc drive actuation system having a head level magnetic micro-actuation assembly utilizing flexible beam inserts and the disc drive actuation system thereby produced are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Wayne Allen Bonin, Peter Crane