MARK ADRIEN MILLER
Pilots at Ottawa Ave, Cedar Mills, MN

6367144, Apr 9, 2002

Sep 17, 1999

09/397940

Brett T. Holaway - Cosmos MN
Mark A. Miller - Hutchinson MN
Eric O. Naatz - Hutchinson MN
John A. Rickeman - Hutchinson MN
Richard A. Schnitzler - Dassel MN
Raymond R. Wolter - Hutchinson MN
David J. Zachmeyer - Hutchinson MN

Hutchinson Technology, Inc. - Hutchinson MN

G11B 542

2960303, 269 48

A head suspension for supporting a head slider over a rigid disk in a dynamic storage device having a component that includes a compliant feature adapted to engage a first pin and a datum engaging surface spaced from the compliant feature. The component being locatable relative to a datum by manipulation of the component with respect to the datum and a first pin to cause the first pin to engage and deflect the compliant feature when the datum engaging surface of the component is engaged and positioned with respect to the datum. The head suspension also including a second component having a pin engaging feature and possibly a datum engaging surface alignable with the compliant feature and datum engaging surface of the first component, respectively. The pin engaging feature of the second component being compliant or non-compliant. The compliant and non-compliant features being usable for locating head suspension components, such as load beams, flexures, and base plates, relative to each other or to tooling for head suspension fabrication purposes.

6518521, Feb 11, 2003

Aug 31, 2000

09/652958

Stevenson J. Marek - Hutchinson MN
Craig A. Leabch - Saint Cloud MN
Mark A. Miller - Hutchinson MN
Anthony J. Liberko - Hutchinson MN
Raymond R. Wolter - Hutchinson MN
Steven R. Lagergren - Litchfield MN

Hutchinson Technology Incorporated - Hutchinson MN

G11B 540

200 16D, 3602458, 200250

A switchable shunt has an insulating layer separating conductive lead and spring metal layers. The shunt includes a base region formed on the spring metal layer, one or more arms formed in the conductive lead layer and at least one of the insulating and spring metal layers, one or more pad regions electrically coupled to an arm and formed in at least the conductive lead layer, and one or more gaps. Each arm extends through a gap and is resiliently biased toward a shunted state with the pad region in electrical contact with the base region. The shunt is movable to an electrically open state where the pad and base regions are electrically isolated. A method of making the shunt includes etching the shunt from laminated material and pushing the arm and pad through the gap. The shunt may be operated by applying a force to the arm.

6723931, Apr 20, 2004

Jan 22, 2003

10/349048

Stevenson J. Marek - Hutchinson MN
Craig A. Leabch - Saint Cloud MN
Mark A. Miller - Hutchinson MN
Anthony J. Liberko - Hutchinson MN
Raymond R. Wolter - Hutchinson MN
Steven R. Lagergren - Litchfield MN

Hutchinson Technology Inc. - Hutchinson MN

G11B 540

200 16D, 200283

A switchable shunt has an insulating layer separating conductive lead and spring metal layers. The shunt includes a base region formed on the spring metal layer, one or more arms formed in the conductive lead layer and at least one of the insulating and spring metal layers, one or more pad regions electrically coupled to an arm and formed in at least the conductive lead layer, and one or more gaps. Each arm extends through a gap and is resiliently biased toward a shunted state with the pad region in electrical contact with the base region. The shunt is movable to an electrically open state where the pad and base regions are electrically isolated. A method of making the shunt includes etching the shunt from laminated material and pushing the arm and pad through the gap. The shunt may be operated by applying a force to the arm.

6710978, Mar 23, 2004

Mar 12, 2002

10/096704

Brett T. Holaway - Cosmos MN
Mark A. Miller - Hutchinson MN
Eric O. Naatz - Hutchinson MN
John A. Rickeman - Hutchinson MN
Richard A. Schnitzler - Dassel MN
Raymond R. Wolter - Hutchinson MN
David J. Zachmeyer - Hutchinson MN

Hutchinson Technology Incorporated - Hutchinson MN

G11B 5596

3602452, 3602454

A head suspension for supporting a head slider over a rigid disk in a dynamic storage device having a component that includes a compliant feature adapted to engage a first pin and a datum engaging surface spaced from the compliant feature. The component being locatable relative to a datum by manipulation of the component with respect to the datum and a first pin to cause the first pin to engage and deflect the compliant feature when the datum engaging surface of the component is engaged and positioned with respect to the datum. The head suspension also including a second component having a pin engaging feature and possibly a datum engaging surface alignable with the compliant feature and datum engaging surface of the first component, respectively. The pin engaging feature of the second component being compliant or non-compliant. The compliant and non-compliant features being usable for locating head suspension components, such as load beams, flexures, and base plates, relative to each other or to tooling for head suspension fabrication purposes.

6046883, Apr 4, 2000

Dec 23, 1997

8/997154

Mark A. Miller - Hutchinson MN

Hutchinson Technology Incorporated - Hutchinson MN

G11B 548

360104

A head suspension for supporting a head slider over a disk surface within a rigid disk drive includes a load beam with a flexure at a distal end of the load beam. The head suspension includes motion limiters for restricting the range of motion of the flexure relative to the load beam. Toward this end, the load beam of the present invention includes a plurality of limit elements, each limit element having an engagement surface, and the flexure includes a corresponding plurality of engagement tabs, each engagement tab having a stop surface opposite the engagement surface of one of the limit elements. The limit elements are connected with the load beam by one or more bends to operatively receive the engagement tabs of the flexure. In one embodiment of the present invention, the limit elements are "L" shaped appendages that are first etched to extend transversely from the load beam, and are then bent along a longitudinal bend by an angle of about 90. degree. to position the engagement surface of the limit element beneath the stop surface of a corresponding engagement tab.

7032294, Apr 25, 2006

Jan 22, 2003

10/349050

Stevenson J. Marek - Hutchinson MN, US
Craig A. Leabch - Saint Cloud MN, US
Mark A. Miller - Hutchinson MN, US
Anthony J. Liberko - Hutchinson MN, US
Raymond R. Wolter - Hutchinson MN, US
Steven R. Lagergren - Litchfield MN, US

Hutchinson Technology Incorporated - Hutchinson MN

G11B 5/127, H04R 31/00

2960303, 2960304, 2960306, 29622, 29852, 29854, 200 16 D, 200181, 200250, 200283, 216 22, 216 41, 360245, 3602458, 3602459

A switchable shunt has an insulating layer separating conductive lead and spring metal layers. The shunt includes a base region formed on the spring metal layer, one or more arms formed in the conductive lead layer and at least one of the insulating and spring metal layers, one or more pad regions electrically coupled to an arm and formed in at least the conductive lead layer, and one or more gaps. Each arm extends through a gap and is resiliently biased toward a shunted state with the pad region in electrical contact with the base region. The shunt is movable to an electrically open state where the pad and base regions are electrically isolated. A method of making the shunt includes etching the shunt from laminated material and pushing the arm and pad through the gap. The shunt may be operated by applying a force to the arm.

8379349, Feb 19, 2013

May 2, 2008

12/114461

John D. Pro - Prior Lake MN, US
Mark A. Miller - Hutchinson MN, US
Michael E. Roen - Hutchinson MN, US
Reed T. Hentges - Buffalo MN, US
Gregory J. VanHecke - Dassel MN, US

Hutchinson Technology Incorporated - Hutchinson MN

G11B 21/21

3602459, 360246

Jumper constructions for an integrated lead flexure for a disk drive head suspension include a conductive base layer, an insulating layer over the base layer, a plurality of traces arranged on the insulating layer, and an isolated conductor layer arranged under the insulating layer. The plurality of traces include a first trace and a second trace and the isolated conductor layer is electrically isolated from the conductive base layer and electrically connects the first and second traces.

8448329, May 28, 2013

Sep 7, 2010

12/876867

Alexander J. Rice - Hutchinson MN, US
Mark A. Miller - Hutchinson MN, US
Gregory J. VanHecke - Dassel MN, US
Lance Nevala - Tainan, TW

Hutchinson Technology Incorporated - Hutchinson MN

G11B 5/127, H04R 31/00

2960303, 2960304, 2960306, 2960307, 216 13, 216 39, 216 65

An integrated lead head suspension flexure including a plurality of integrated leads each including at least one lead portion unbacked by the flexure spring metal layer and configured to be substantially inline with the general plane of the spring metal layer. The leads are disposed on a dielectric layer including an unbacked dielectric layer portion having a surface positioned between the major surfaces of the spring metal layer.

8416532, Apr 9, 2013

Apr 13, 2007

11/734932

Mark A. Miller - Hutchinson MN, US
Reid C. Danielson - Cokato MN, US
Michael E. Roen - Hutchinson MN, US

Hutchinson Technology Incorporated - Hutchinson MN

G11B 5/48, G11B 21/16

3602459, 3602443, 3602453

An integrated lead flexure comprising a base region, a gimbal extending from the base region and conductive traces. The gimbal includes spring arms and a slider mounting region extending from the spring arms. The conductive traces include one or more unsupported trace sections extending from head bond pads on the slider mounting region to the base region off of the spring arms. One or more metal islands on the unsupported trace sections enhance the impedance characteristics of traces. An insulating layer is located between the traces and the metal islands.