Inventor

TANNER BRIAN K

US21 patents

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TANNER BRIAN K

MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD

Intermediate power down mode for a rotatable media data storage device

Spindle speed control using feed-forward estimation in a hard disk drive

Apparatus for spindle bearing friction estimation for reliable disk drive startup

Systems and methods for reducing power dissipation in a disk drive including an adjustable output voltage regulator

Method and system for reducing power consumption in a rotatable media data storage device

Method for spindle bearing friction estimation for reliable disk drive startup operation

Method and system for reducing power consumption in a rotatable media data storage device

Systems and methods for dynamically affecting power dissipation in a disk drive including a fixed output voltage regulator

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC

Data storage device employing smart braking to unload multiple voice coil motors

Data storage device concurrently disconnecting multiple voice coil motors from spindle motor BEMF voltage during unload

Data storage device employing delayed braking to unload multiple voice coil motors

Data storage device employing balanced current drive to unload multiple voice coil motors

TOSHIBA KK

Shock feed forward adaptive filters

Voice coil motor effective resistance determination

Disk drive apparatus having shock adaptive filters

TANNER BRIAN K

Method and apparatus for adaptive control and/or use of a vibration sensor in a hard disk drive

Method and apparatus for detecting rapid off track following and protecting nearby tracks from rapid off track writing in a hard disk drive

Head actuator velocity control for electrical power off in a disk drive

TOSHIBA CORP

Current pulsing for unloading

PANASONIC CORP

Systems and methods for reducing power dissipation in a disk drive including a fixed output voltage regulator

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Method and apparatus for adaptive gain balancing of at least one of two rotational sensors in a hard disk drive