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KAGAMI NAOYUKI

JP48 patents
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IBM

26 patents
US6219196B1Apr 17, 2001

Method and apparatus for suppressing mechanical resonance in a disk drive storage device using a notch filter

IBM73 citations96
US7035034B2Apr 25, 2006

Data storage device, control device, off-track control method, and control method

IBM26 citations92
US6831809B2Dec 14, 2004

Rotary recording apparatus and method of controlling the apparatus

IBM26 citations92
US6614613B1Sep 2, 2003

Phase technique for active damping in a servo-controlled actuator

IBM32 citations92
US6567230B1May 20, 2003

Method and system for performing positioning control of a head actuator in a disk device utilizing a digital filter

IBM25 citations92
US6549349B2Apr 15, 2003

Adaptive vibration control for servo systems in data storage devices

IBM44 citations92
US6122139ASep 19, 2000

Disk drive rotary actuator system including synchronous counter torque generator

IBM39 citations92
US5402402AMar 28, 1995

Apparatus for controlling a optical disk drive

IBM27 citations92
US5199017AMar 30, 1993

Optical disk drive and method for counting the number of tracks on an optical disk

IBM41 citations92
US6377418B1Apr 23, 2002

Digital filter, servo control unit, and disk drive

IBM16 citations84
US6351343B1Feb 26, 2002

Arrangement structure of the printed circuit board and the interface cable connector of a magnetic disk drive

IBM19 citations84
US6337777B1Jan 8, 2002

Method and apparatus for controlling data write operations

IBM15 citations83
US6218794B1Apr 17, 2001

Spindle motor startup method and apparatus

IBM15 citations80
US6414809B1Jul 2, 2002

Data storage device servo control apparatus and method

IBM13 citations74
USRE36864ESep 12, 2000

Optical disk drive and methods for counting the number of tracks on an optical disk

IBM10 citations74
US5384762AJan 24, 1995

Focusing servo in an optical disk drive

IBM13 citations74
US5339299AAug 16, 1994

Optical disk drive apparatus for searching a target track

IBM14 citations74
US5249168ASep 28, 1993

Method and apparatus for initializing optical disk drive apparatus

IBM12 citations74
US5255253AOct 19, 1993

Apparatus and method for controlling the velocity of a disk storage head

IBM11 citations73
US6411056B1Jun 25, 2002

System and method for stabilizing disk drive rotation control

IBM12 citations72
US5459309AOct 17, 1995

Focus acquiring method and optical disk drive

IBM14 citations72
US5412637AMay 2, 1995

Method for putting an optical head in a stationary state and optical disk drive apparatus

IBM13 citations71
US6263462B1Jul 17, 2001

Testing method and tester

IBM8 citations68
US6529344B1Mar 4, 2003

Method and system for compensating a head positioning servo in a storage device

IBM4 citations63
US6324132B1Nov 27, 2001

Method and system for controlling the positioning of a read/write head of a data recording device

IBM4 citations63
US5872677AFeb 16, 1999

Magnetic head position detecting method and magnetic disk apparatus

IBM4 citations63

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC

14 patents
US10635158B1Apr 28, 2020

Write data protection at emergency power off

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC5 citations80
US11823710B2Nov 21, 2023

Dual spindle motors and dual spindle motor control for data storage

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations73
US11763843B1Sep 19, 2023

VCM PWM to linear mode transition offset optimization to improve PES

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations73
US11763844B1Sep 19, 2023

Data storage device having dual actuators and method for emergency power off retract (EPOR) of dual actuators

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations73
US11749303B2Sep 5, 2023

Data storage device with soft on-disk activation of fine actuators

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations73
US10996740B2May 4, 2021

Write data protection at emergency power off

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations69
US12266385B2Apr 1, 2025

Data storage device having dual actuators and method for emergency power off retract (EPOR) of dual actuators

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations62
US12254909B2Mar 18, 2025

VCM PWM to linear mode transition offset optimization to improve PES

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations62
US11978482B2May 7, 2024

Data storage device with closed loop extended park mode during spin down operation

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations62
US11862202B2Jan 2, 2024

Data storage device with smart ISOFET threshold voltage automatic tuning

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations62
US11373678B2Jun 28, 2022

Data storage device using windowed delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter in digital current control loop

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations62
US11837264B2Dec 5, 2023

Data storage device having dual actuators and method for data egress throttling during emergency power off retract (EPOR)

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations52
US11043243B2Jun 22, 2021

Calibrating elevator actuator for disk drive

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations52
US11948603B1Apr 2, 2024

Optimize power, RTV, and coupled PES during seek operations

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations50

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH

6 patents

HITACHI GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES

1 patent

HITACHI GLOBAL TECH NL BV

1 patent