Patents by Inventor XianWen Feng

XianWen Feng 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).

  • Patent number: 11347075
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of camera shake reduction technology and discloses a suspension assembly of OIS, which comprises a printed circuit board and a spring plate movably disposed on the printed circuit board, wherein the printed circuit board is electrically connected with the spring plate, the printed circuit board comprises a substrate plate and a bend portion extending downwards along any side edge of the substrate plate, a support component is attached to a bottom surface of the substrate plate, a plurality of conductive terminals are arranged on an outside surface of the bend portion, a plurality of reinforce components are arranged on an inside surface of the bend portion and corresponding to the plurality of conductive terminals one to one, and the plurality of reinforce components are placed at intervals and do not contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD.
    Inventors: Xianwen Feng, Ying Xiao
  • Publication number: 20210276012
    Abstract: A device and a method for detecting nucleic acids by an isothermal amplification technique including a sample processor and a magneto-sensitive detector, wherein the sample processor includes a microfluidic tank, a temperature controller, a capture chip storage chamber, a DNA-modified magnetic bead storage chamber and a cleaning solution storage chamber. The detecting nucleic acids using the device have a fast reaction speed and stable signal output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Fei ZHOU, Xianwen FENG, Zhongjun WAN, Yu FU
  • Publication number: 20200218083
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of camera shake reduction technology and discloses a suspension assembly of OIS, which comprises a printed circuit board and a spring plate movably disposed on the printed circuit board, wherein the printed circuit board is electrically connected with the spring plate, the printed circuit board comprises a substrate plate and a bend portion extending downwards along any side edge of the substrate plate, a support component is attached to a bottom surface of the substrate plate, a plurality of conductive terminals are arranged on an outside surface of the bend portion, a plurality of reinforce components are arranged on an inside surface of the bend portion and corresponding to the plurality of conductive terminals one to one, and the plurality of reinforce components are placed at intervals and do not contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Xianwen FENG, Ying XIAO
  • Patent number: 9117467
    Abstract: A suspension includes a flexure including a conductive substrate, and a dielectric layer formed on the conductive substrate, and the conductive substrate being grounded; and a plurality of electrical traces formed on the dielectric layer and extending from a leading portion to a trailing portion of the flexure, and the electrical traces at least having a pair of read traces. At least one via is formed at certain position on the read traces to connect the read traces with the conductive substrate that is etched partially. It can minimize ESD damage during various stages of manufacturing process of the disk drive unit, reduce manufacturing cost, and also improve electrical performance of the suspension interconnection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD.
    Inventors: ZhaoYu Teng, ChongXi Song, YongWen Yang, Tan Tian, XianWen Feng, MingBing Huang
  • Patent number: 8665564
    Abstract: A suspension comprises a flexure and a plurality of electrical traces. The flexure has a leading portion and a tailing portion, and has a laminated structure comprising a substrate layer, a dielectric layer, and a grounding layer sandwiched therebetween. The electrical traces comprise at least one pair of write traces, each write trace has a bonding pad positioned on the leading portion, a terminal pad positioned on the tailing portion, and a write wire connecting the bonding pad and the terminal pad, the write wire has at least one portion being furcated into at least two sub wires. The present invention can lower the impedance and decrease the signal transmission loss, and widen the frequency bandwidth simultaneously. The invention also discloses a HGA and a disk drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Haiming Zhou, Xianwen Feng, Tamotsu Tani, Fuquan Pang, Jinbo Qiu
  • Patent number: 8582243
    Abstract: A suspension for a HGA comprises a flexure having a suspension tongue arranged for supporting a slider, which comprising a stainless steel layer and a dielectric layer formed thereon. The dielectric layer has a top surface and bottom surface, a plurality of bonding pads are formed on the top surface at a leading portion of the suspension tongue and arranged for connecting with the slider, and at least two separate supporting pieces are formed on the bottom surface and located at a corresponding position with the bonding pads, thereby releasing stress generated on the bonding pads. The invention also discloses a HGA and a disk drive unit with the same. The invention can release the stress generated on the bonding pads of the suspension, reduce the temperature impact to the suspension, and in turn, reduce thermal crown change of the slider, thereby improving the reading and writing performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: SAE Magentics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Xianwen Feng, Kun Yi, Duanxin Li
  • Patent number: 8446696
    Abstract: A suspension for a head gimbal assembly comprises a flexure having a flexure having a tail with a plurality of electrical traces and a plurality of bonding terminals adapted for connecting with a flexible printed circuit formed thereon. Each of the bonding terminals comprises a connecting pad and a hole formed at one end of the connecting pad for electrically and mechanically connecting the connecting pad to the flexible printed circuit by bonding material. And the connecting pad has a bonding portion adjacent to the hole and an exposed portion for testing. The invention also discloses a head gimbal assembly and a disk drive unit with the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Xianwen Feng, Jugang Zhang, Tan Tian
  • Publication number: 20120170150
    Abstract: A suspension for a HGA comprises a flexure having a suspension tongue arranged for supporting a slider, which comprising a stainless steel layer and a dielectric layer formed thereon. The dielectric layer has a top surface and bottom surface, a plurality of bonding pads are formed on the top surface at a leading portion of the suspension tongue and arranged for connecting with the slider, and at least two separate supporting pieces are formed on the bottom surface and located at a corresponding position with the bonding pads, thereby releasing stress generated on the bonding pads. The invention also discloses a HGA and a disk drive unit with the same. The invention can release the stress generated on the bonding pads of the suspension, reduce the temperature impact to the suspension, and in turn, reduce thermal crown change of the slider, thereby improving the reading and writing performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Xianwen Feng, Kun Yi, Duanxin Li
  • Patent number: 8085503
    Abstract: A suspension for a head gimbal assembly comprises a flexure having a suspension tongue with a trailing portion. The trailing portion has a plurality of trailing pads formed thereon adapted for bonding to a trailing edge of a slider. The trailing portion is isolated from other portions of the flexure by a first slot surrounding the trailing portion. The isolated trailing portion is not affected due to the temperature change, the thermal crown change of the slider is reduced and, in turn, the variation of flying height of the slider is reduce so as to improve read/write performance of the slider. The invention also discloses a head gimbal assembly and a disk drive unit with the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventor: XianWen Feng
  • Publication number: 20110228426
    Abstract: A suspension comprises a flexure and a plurality of electrical traces. The flexure has a leading portion and a tailing portion, and has a laminated structure comprising a substrate layer, a dielectric layer, and a grounding layer sandwiched therebetween. The electrical traces comprise at least one pair of write traces, each write trace has a bonding pad positioned on the leading portion, a terminal pad positioned on the tailing portion, and a write wire connecting the bonding pad and the terminal pad, the write wire has at least one portion being furcated into at least two sub wires. The present invention can lower the impedance and decrease the signal transmission loss, and widen the frequency bandwidth simultaneously. The invention also discloses a HGA and a disk drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Haiming Zhou, Xianwen Feng, Tamotsu Tani, Fuquan Pang, Jinbo Qiu
  • Publication number: 20110090601
    Abstract: A suspension for a head stack assembly, comprises a flexure with a suspension tongue, a flexure tail and a plurality of conductive traces extending between the suspension tongue and the flexure tail, each of said conductive traces having one end thereof terminated to an electrical pad formed on the suspension tongue for electrical connection to a slider and the other end thereof terminated to a connection pad formed on the flexure tail for both testing and bonding such that the flexure has no additional testing pads. The suspension with a flexure tail able to make the bonding and the dynamic performance testing on the pad area and thus reduce suspension length and increase flexure density for low cost. The invention also discloses a manufacturing method of the suspension and a HSA with such an suspension and a disk drive unit having such an HSA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventor: Xianwen Feng
  • Publication number: 20110090599
    Abstract: A suspension for a head gimbal assembly comprises a flexure having a flexure having a tail with a plurality of electrical traces and a plurality of bonding terminals adapted for connecting with a flexible printed circuit formed thereon. Each of the bonding terminals comprises a connecting pad and a hole formed at one end of the connecting pad for electrically and mechanically connecting the connecting pad to the flexible printed circuit by bonding material. And the connecting pad has a bonding portion adjacent to the hole and an exposed portion for testing. The invention also discloses a head gimbal assembly and a disk drive unit with the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Xianwen Feng, Jugang Zhang, Tan Tian
  • Publication number: 20110090600
    Abstract: A suspension for a head gimbal assembly comprises a flexure having a suspension tongue and a welding portion separating from the suspension tongue, and a load beam supporting the suspension tongue and having a portion welded to the welding portion of the flexure so that the load beam and the flexure are connected together. A plurality of bonding pads is formed on the suspension tongue for electrical connection to a slider. The suspension tongue has a leading portion and a leading edge limiter formed at the leading portion, and the leading edge limiter hooks on to the load beam. The suspension can improve the shockproof performance of the flexure of the suspension and, in turn, protect the structure of the suspension. The invention also discloses a head gimbal assembly and a disk drive unit including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventor: Xianwen Feng
  • Patent number: 7924531
    Abstract: A suspension for supporting a head slider has a flexure, several trace patterns positioned on the flexure, front flexure-bonding pads disposed on the flexure at a position corresponding to a leading edge of the head slider and connected to the trace patterns, and rear flexure-bonding pads disposed on the flexure at a position corresponding to a trailing edge of the head slider and connected to the trace patterns. The front and the rear flexure-bonding pads and the trace patterns are integrally formed and disposed on the flexure at the same time, so the fabricating process is simplified and there is no alignment problem for bonding location. This can ensure the connection strength and position between the head slider and the suspension changeless and, in turns, ensure a good attitude of the head slider. The invention also discloses a HGA and a disk drive device with such suspension, and a fabricating method for the suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: SAE Magnetics (H. K) Ltd.
    Inventors: XianWen Feng, YiuSing Ho
  • Publication number: 20100265621
    Abstract: A suspension for a head gimbal assembly comprises a flexure having a suspension tongue with a trailing portion. The trailing portion has a plurality of trailing pads formed thereon adapted for bonding to a trailing edge of a slider. The trailing portion is isolated from other portions of the flexure by a first slot surrounding the trailing portion. The isolated trailing portion is not affected due to the temperature change, the thermal crown change of the slider is reduced and, in turn, the variation of flying height of the slider is reduce so as to improve read/write performance of the slider. The invention also discloses a head gimbal assembly and a disk drive unit with the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventor: XianWen FENG
  • Publication number: 20100246065
    Abstract: A suspension for a head gimbal assembly comprises a flexure having a plurality of electrical traces formed thereon, a plurality of first bonding pads formed on a first surface of the flexure and at least one second bonding pad formed on a second surface of the flexure opposite the first surface. The first bonding pads and the at least one second bonding pad are electrically connected with the electrical traces and adapted to electrically connect to a slider of the head gimbal assembly. The invention also discloses a head gimbal assembly and a disk drive unit with the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: SAE Magnetics(H.K). Ltd.
    Inventor: XianWen Feng
  • Patent number: 7777991
    Abstract: A head gimbal assembly (HGA) has an improved interconnection between a head slider and a suspension of the HGA. The interconnection is achieved by using a reverse surface of an air bearing surface of the head slider as bonding surface to provide more space for arranging more slider electrical bonding pads thereon. The head slider is mechanically and electrically connected to the suspension at the bonding surface to have good performance on shocking conditions. The suspension further has an attitude control layer located between the head slider and the suspension. The attitude control layer serves as a datum plate for the head slider lying thereon and supporting the head slider so as to ensure the head slider a good attitude and reduce variation of slider flying height. The present invention also discloses a magnetic disk drive with the improved HGA and a fabricating method for the HGA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: XianWen Feng, YiHua Pei, JuGang Zhang, ShuMing Zhang, Takeshi Nakada, ShanLin Hao
  • Patent number: 7564652
    Abstract: A head gimbal assembly, including a slider, a suspension having a slider holding plate, and an accessory plate mounted on the suspension having a dimple to partially hold the slider holder plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Huai Yang, HaiMing Zhou, XianWen Feng
  • Publication number: 20080266714
    Abstract: A suspension for supporting a head slider has a flexure, several trace patterns positioned on the flexure, front flexure-bonding pads disposed on the flexure at a position corresponding to a leading edge of the head slider and connected to the trace patterns, and rear flexure-bonding pads disposed on the flexure at a position corresponding to a trailing edge of the head slider and connected to the trace patterns. The front and the rear flexure-bonding pads and the trace patterns are integrally formed and disposed on the flexure at the same time, so the fabricating process is simplified and there is no alignment problem for bonding location. This can ensure the connection strength and position between the head slider and the suspension changeless and, in turns, ensure a good attitude of the head slider. The invention also discloses a HGA and a disk drive device with such suspension, and a fabricating method for the suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: SAE Magnetics (H.K) Ltd.
    Inventors: XianWen Feng, YiuSing Ho
  • Publication number: 20080170326
    Abstract: A head gimbal assembly (HGA) has an improved interconnection between a head slider and a suspension of the HGA. The interconnection is achieved by using a reverse surface of an air bearing surface of the head slider as bonding surface to provide more space for arranging more slider electrical bonding pads thereon. The head slider is mechanically and electrically connected to the suspension at the bonding surface to have good performance on shocking conditions. The suspension further has an attitude control layer located between the head slider and the suspension. The attitude control layer serves as a datum plate for the head slider lying thereon and supporting the head slider so as to ensure the head slider a good attitude and reduce variation of slider flying height. The present invention also discloses a magnetic disk drive with the improved HGA and a fabricating method for the HGA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: XianWen Feng, YiHua Pei, JuGang Zhang, ShuMing Zhang, Takeshi Nakada, ShanLin Hao