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Tzong-Shii Pan
Also filed as: PAN TZONG S · PAN TZONG-SHII · PAN TZONG-SHII S
97 granted patents·4 pending applications·3,767 citations·filing 1997–2025
99Inventor score
Files withWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC30IBM20PAN TZONG-SHII20HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH13WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC4
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101 records- 0199US7522382B1Head stack assembly with interleaved flexure tail bond pad rowsWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 21, 2009·165 cites·10 claims
- 0298US8665566B1Suspension tail design for a head gimbal assembly of a hard disk drivePAN TZONG-SHII·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 4, 2014·55 cites·11 claims
- 0398US8279560B1Head stack assembly with suspension tail bond alignment by solder pinPAN TZONG-SHII·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 2, 2012·53 cites·19 claims
- 0498US8142671B1Method to fabricate a damped suspension assemblyPAN TZONG-SHII·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 27, 2012·52 cites·17 claims
- 0598US8064170B1Method to align a flexure tail having bent alignment tab feature to a flex cable of a head gimbal assemblyPAN TZONG-SHII·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 22, 2011·53 cites·8 claims
- 0698US7907369B1Head gimbal assembly with flexure tail having bent alignment tab featureWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 15, 2011·60 cites·7 claims
- 0798US7864488B1Suspension assembly including a dimple that contacts a flexure tongue dielectric layer through a hole in a flexure tongue structural layerWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 4, 2011·55 cites·16 claims
- 0898US7826177B1Flexure having arms with reduced centroid offset for supporting a head in a disk driveWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 2, 2010·83 cites·19 claims
- 0998US7567410B1Flexure including a heat sink and a dielectric layer under trace termination padsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 28, 2009·115 cites·15 claims
- 1098US7538981B1Head stack assembly including a flexure with radially inward fingers projecting into a flexure tail hole, and method of coupling the flexure to a flex cableWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted May 26, 2009·59 cites·31 claims
- 1198US7414814B1Disk drives, head stack, head gimbal and suspension assemblies having a compliant suspension tail design for solder reflowWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 19, 2008·61 cites·4 claims
- 1297US8488281B1Disk drive suspension assembly having a flexure bond pad shelf separate from a tonguePAN TZONG-SHII·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 16, 2013·58 cites·20 claims
- 1397US8477459B1Disk drive head gimbal assembly having a flexure tail with dual conductive layers and features to facilitate bondingPAN TZONG-SHII·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 2, 2013·62 cites·29 claims
- 1497US8325446B1Disk drive head gimbal assembly having a flexure tail with features to facilitate bondingLIU YANNING·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 4, 2012·76 cites·38 claims
- 1597US8325447B1Head gimbal assembly having a load beam aperature over conductive heating pads that are offset from head bonding padsPAN TZONG-SHII·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 4, 2012·44 cites·7 claims
- 1697US8295014B1Disk drive head gimbal assembly having a flexure tail with transverse flying leadsTEO KIA MOH·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 23, 2012·63 cites·19 claims
- 1797US8274760B1Suspension assembly including a flexure tail with staggered rows of aperturesZHANG YIDUO·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 25, 2012·50 cites·3 claims
- 1897US8218268B1Head gimbal assembly having a load beam aperature over conductive heating pads that are offset from head bonding padsPAN TZONG-SHII·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 10, 2012·39 cites·10 claims
- 1997US8194354B1Suspension assembly including a flexure tail with staggered rows of aperturesZHANG YIDUO·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 5, 2012·51 cites·4 claims
- 2097US8064168B1Head stack assembly with flexure tail retention featuresZHANG YIDUO·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 22, 2011·60 cites·7 claims
- 2197US7995310B1Head-gimbal assembly including a flexure tongue with adhesive receptacles disposed adjacent to stand-offsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 9, 2011·47 cites·13 claims
- 2297US7898770B1Disk drive suspension assembly with a hinge arm attached at a recessed surfaceWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 1, 2011·58 cites·20 claims
- 2397US7315435B1Disk drives, head stack, head gimbal and suspension assemblies having positional conductive featuresWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 1, 2008·46 cites·23 claims
- 2497US6879457B2Timing based servo with fixed distances between transitionsIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 12, 2005·103 cites·12 claims
- 2596US8780504B1Disk drive head suspension assembly with load beam inner rails between piezo actuator elementsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 15, 2014·48 cites·24 claims
- 2696US8760814B1Disk drive head suspension assembly having a DLC coating between dimple and tongueWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 24, 2014·47 cites·18 claims
- 2796US8760812B1Disk drive head gimbal assembly having a jumper in a flexible printed circuit overlap regionWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 24, 2014·50 cites·16 claims
- 2896US8467153B1Disk drive head gimbal assembly having a flexure tail with folded bond padsPAN TZONG-SHII·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 18, 2013·67 cites·11 claims
- 2996US8456776B1Disk drive head gimbal assembly having a flexure bond pad shelf offset from a tonguePAN TZONG-SHII·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 4, 2013·37 cites·17 claims
- 3096US8345519B1Method and system for providing a suspension head bond pad designWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 1, 2013·40 cites·21 claims
- 3196US8320084B1Disk drive head gimbal assembly having a flexure tail with features to facilitate bondingSHUM WING C·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 27, 2012·73 cites·30 claims
- 3296US8295013B1Disk drive head stack assembly having a flexible printed circuit with heat transfer limiting featuresPAN TZONG-SHII·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 23, 2012·73 cites·29 claims
- 3396US8276256B1Head stack assembly method using flexure tail raised regionZHANG YIDUO·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 2, 2012·54 cites·13 claims
- 3496US8194355B1Head stack assembly with a laminated flexure having a snap-through featurePAN TZONG-SHII·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 5, 2012·51 cites·16 claims
- 3596US8159785B1Disk drive suspension having a constraint layer and a base region with a bridge section extending across a gap between lateral sectionsLEE YU-MIN·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 17, 2012·53 cites·14 claims
- 3696US8068314B1Head stack assembly with suspension tails extending into interfering slits in a flexible printed circuitPAN TZONG-SHII·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 29, 2011·62 cites·10 claims
- 3795US8797689B1Disk drive head suspension assembly with piezo element stress relief featuresWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 5, 2014·50 cites·21 claims
- 3895US8611052B1Systems and methods for aligning components of a head stack assembly of a hard disk drivePAN TZONG-SHII·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 17, 2013·48 cites·28 claims
- 3995US8605389B1Head gimbal assembly including a conductive trace disposed upon a continuous dielectric layer segment without overlying a gimbal armPAN TZONG-SHII·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 10, 2013·51 cites·9 claims
- 4095US8587901B1Magnetic recording head slider comprising bond pad having a probe contact area and a solder contact areaPUTTICHAEM WACHIRA·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 19, 2013·56 cites·8 claims
- 4194US8693144B1Head gimbal assemblies and methods for measuring slider parametersWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 8, 2014·38 cites·20 claims
- 4294US8488279B1Disk drive suspension assembly with flexure having stacked interleaved tracesPAN TZONG-SHII·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 16, 2013·49 cites·20 claims
- 4394US8089730B1Suspension assembly having a read head clampPAN TZONG-SHII·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 3, 2012·51 cites·19 claims
- 4494US6738231B2Piezoelectric microactuator for slider side actuationHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2002·Granted May 18, 2004·47 cites·12 claims
- 4594US6201664B1Polymer bumps for trace and shock protectionIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 13, 2001·105 cites·16 claims
- 4693US6055132AIntegrated lead suspension flexure for attaching a micro-actuator with a transducer sliderIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Apr 25, 2000·85 cites·36 claims
- 4792US8514522B1Systems for interconnecting magnetic heads of storage devices in a test assemblyPAN TZONG-SHII·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 20, 2013·47 cites·23 claims
- 4892US6262868B1Method and structures used for connecting recording head signal wires in a microactuatorIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 17, 2001·78 cites·18 claims
- 4991US8934199B1Disk drive head suspension tail with bond pad edge alignment featuresWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 13, 2015·13 cites·26 claims
- 5091US8792212B1Robust gimbal design for head gimbal assemblyPAN TZONG-SHII·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 29, 2014·48 cites·24 claims
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