Inventor
BRUNNETT DON
US42 patents
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MAXTOR CORP
30 patentsUS7230789B1Jun 12, 2007
Method and apparatus for performing a self-servo write operation in a disk drive using spiral servo information
MAXTOR CORP91 citations98
US7158325B1Jan 2, 2007
Disk drive head touchdown detection with improved discrimination
MAXTOR CORP71 citations98
US6950967B1Sep 27, 2005
Method and apparatus for manufacture test processing a disk drive installed in a computer system
MAXTOR CORP69 citations97
US6882489B1Apr 19, 2005
Dynamic off-track detector
MAXTOR CORP52 citations95
US7167336B1Jan 23, 2007
Method for providing variable gain, iterative embedded runout correction in a disk drive
MAXTOR CORP24 citations93
US7054096B1May 30, 2006
Method and apparatus for determining embedded runout correction values
MAXTOR CORP20 citations93
US6965491B1Nov 15, 2005
Method to correct radial misposition of data tracks
MAXTOR CORP51 citations93
US6785080B1Aug 31, 2004
Method and apparatus for providing a variable rate oversampling digital filter for resonance compensation in disk drive servo control systems
MAXTOR CORP22 citations93
US7154690B1Dec 26, 2006
Dynamic shock detection in disk drive using accumulated average position error
MAXTOR CORP40 citations92
US6977794B1Dec 20, 2005
Asymmetric seek velocity profile to improve power failure reliability for rigid disk drive with ramp
MAXTOR CORP28 citations92
US6714376B1Mar 30, 2004
Partial servo write fill in
MAXTOR CORP21 citations92
US7551387B2Jun 23, 2009
Servo writing with offset compensation for prewritten reference
MAXTOR CORP26 citations91
US7502205B1Mar 10, 2009
Method of operating read and write transducers by controlling thermal actuation
MAXTOR CORP27 citations91
US6980383B2Dec 27, 2005
Monitoring of phenomena indicative of PTP in a magnetic disk drive
MAXTOR CORP29 citations91
US7400473B1Jul 15, 2008
Slider with independent fly-height adjustment of reader and writer
MAXTOR CORP44 citations90
US7315431B1Jan 1, 2008
Method to correct radial misposition of data tracks using stitched correction fields
MAXTOR CORP17 citations90
US7106542B1Sep 12, 2006
Method and apparatus for determining embedded runout correction values when self-servo writing or partial self-servo writing a disk drive
MAXTOR CORP26 citations90
US7545593B1Jun 9, 2009
Magnetic storage systems and methods with tighter write fault window to improve reliability
MAXTOR CORP29 citations89
US7170700B1Jan 30, 2007
Method of determining side track erasure in a disk drive
MAXTOR CORP49 citations89
US7193797B1Mar 20, 2007
Method and apparatus for detecting and monitoring a bi-state head when self-servowriting a disk drive using spiral servo information
MAXTOR CORP13 citations84
US6792517B1Sep 14, 2004
Firmware controlled backup in disk drives
MAXTOR CORP16 citations84
US7253982B1Aug 7, 2007
Dynamic shock detection in disk drive using hair trigger timer
MAXTOR CORP16 citations83
US7423834B1Sep 9, 2008
Convolution based multiple harmonic frequency repeatable runout compensation method and apparatus
MAXTOR CORP7 citations74
US7050260B1May 23, 2006
Method and apparatus for partial self-servo writing using servo wedge propagation
MAXTOR CORP5 citations74
US6765747B1Jul 20, 2004
Method and apparatus for reducing low frequency repeatable runout in hard disk drive
MAXTOR CORP10 citations74
US6924952B1Aug 2, 2005
Method and apparatus for data storage in a disk drive
MAXTOR CORP9 citations72
US7355808B1Apr 8, 2008
Method and apparatus for partial self-servo writing using servo wedge propagation
MAXTOR CORP2 citations63
US6987638B1Jan 17, 2006
Method and apparatus for applying adaptive non-linear repeatable runout compensation in a disk drive
MAXTOR CORP3 citations63
US6646823B1Nov 11, 2003
Disk drive using offset data sectors
MAXTOR CORP5 citations63
US7149044B1Dec 12, 2006
Methods, apparatus and computer program products for writing tracks on a disk based on an available stroke
MAXTOR CORP6 citations62
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
4 patentsUS7685360B1Mar 23, 2010
Methods and structure for dynamic appended metadata in a dynamically mapped mass storage device
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC138 citations97
US7679851B1Mar 16, 2010
Methods and structure for improved disk head switching to avoid zipper zones
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC19 citations93
US7489469B2Feb 10, 2009
Embedded runout correction based on written-in runout measurement
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC17 citations84
US9128928B2Sep 8, 2015
Memory method and apparatus with button release
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC1 citations48