Inventor

ERICKSON KEVIN JACK

US7 patents

Patents

7 patents

US6002540ADec 14, 1999

Method and apparatus for rotary actuator arc compensation correction in a direct access storage device

IBM20 citations92

US5854722ADec 29, 1998

Method and apparatus for rotary actuator arc compensation correction in a direct access storage device

IBM43 citations92

US5670837ASep 23, 1997

Disk drive spindle motor having split windings for each phase

IBM18 citations92

US5682274AOct 28, 1997

Method and apparatus for positioning transducers to correct for read and write element misregistration offsets which vary dependent on rotary actuator angular position across a disk medium

IBM34 citations88

US6016234AJan 18, 2000

Actuator retract/unload system for low power disk drives

IBM16 citations82

US6501242B1Dec 31, 2002

Reduced noise electric motor for disk drive data storage devices

IBM7 citations73

US5847894ADec 8, 1998

Disk and storage device having an anti-alias data pattern located on a servo sector

IBM14 citations65