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Randy C. Inch
Also filed as: INCH RANDY · INCH RANDY C · INCH RANDY CLARK
56 granted patents·2 pending applications·252 citations·filing 2003–2023
98Inventor score
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58 records- 0197US10460757B1Management of head and media dimensional stabilityIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 29, 2019·20 cites·25 claims
- 0296US8054576B2Skew actuator to servo track zero referenceIBM·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 8, 2011·45 cites·25 claims
- 0394US10276204B1Behavioral model for dynamic tension compensationIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Apr 30, 2019·13 cites·25 claims
- 0492US7364106B2Compensation for tape breakage in a tape driveIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 29, 2008·12 cites·5 claims
- 0591US10566022B1Management of head and media dimensional stabilityIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 18, 2020·7 cites·19 claims
- 0691US10332554B1Tape drive temperature control for media dimensional stabilityIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 25, 2019·9 cites·18 claims
- 0790US8804257B2Variable stopwrite threshold using kurtosisIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 12, 2014·9 cites·8 claims
- 0887US8526134B2System for fast center calibration of a tape drive for a flangeless tape pathBUI NHAN X·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 3, 2013·7 cites·15 claims
- 0985US8059362B2Positioning a coarse actuator of compound actuator tape servo system at midpoint of maximum peaks of lateral tape movementHANCOCK REED ALAN·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 15, 2011·12 cites·25 claims
- 1084US10395687B1Tape drive bearing temperature controlIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 27, 2019·4 cites·15 claims
- 1183US12051450B1Determining lateral error offsets to adjust a lateral position at which to move a tape head with respect to a tape mediumIBM·Filed 2023·Granted Jul 30, 2024·1 cites·20 claims
- 1283US9042046B2Variable stopwrite threshold using kurtosisIBM·Filed 2014·Granted May 26, 2015·4 cites·20 claims
- 1383US8810939B2Variable stopwrite threshold using kurtosisINCH RANDY C·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 19, 2014·7 cites·12 claims
- 1483US8767335B2Accurate radius and velocity measurement of tape transportsHANCOCK REED A·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 1, 2014·6 cites·20 claims
- 1582US10832722B2Management of head and media dimensional stabilityIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 10, 2020·3 cites·20 claims
- 1682US7362537B2Velocity adaptive compensator for a synchronous sampling time-base servo systemIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 22, 2008·4 cites·12 claims
- 1782US7175122B2Compensation for tape breakage in a tape driveIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 13, 2007·12 cites·18 claims
- 1881US10068599B2Tape damage detectionIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 4, 2018·4 cites·19 claims
- 1980US11448493B2Calibration of writer offset using media dimensional stabilityIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Sep 20, 2022·2 cites·20 claims
- 2080US9047897B1Lateral tape motion signal conditioningIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 2, 2015·4 cites·20 claims
- 2180US8134797B2Application of continuous position error offset signal to acquire servo trackBUI NHAN XUAN·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 13, 2012·5 cites·16 claims
- 2278US9087539B2Device and method for controlling the position of a head relative to a tape within a tape transport systemIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 21, 2015·3 cites·20 claims
- 2378US9047879B2High performance cartridge formatIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 2, 2015·3 cites·19 claims
- 2477US9183874B1Determining estimated position information of a magnetic recording tape using media thickness estimationIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 10, 2015·3 cites·20 claims
- 2576US9299374B2Dynamically optimizing read performance by adjusting servo-based head locationIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 29, 2016·2 cites·19 claims
- 2675US8023252B2Portable electronic device comprising an integrated lock mechanismIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 20, 2011·12 cites·19 claims
- 2775US7110212B2Compensator for a synchronous sampling time-base servo systemIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 19, 2006·10 cites·20 claims
- 2873US9892750B2Dynamically optimizing read performance by adjusting servo-based head locationIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 13, 2018·2 cites·20 claims
- 2973US8861324B1Damaged tape cartridge detectionIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 14, 2014·2 cites·20 claims
- 3071US9626993B2Actuator coil temperature estimation using skew valuesIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 18, 2017·2 cites·20 claims
- 3171US8780484B2Tape friction measurementHANCOCK REED A·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 15, 2014·2 cites·20 claims
- 3270US10141016B2Balanced delay and resolution for timing based servo systemsIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 27, 2018·2 cites·20 claims
- 3370US7265935B2Velocity adaptive compensator for a synchronous sampling time-based servo systemIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 4, 2007·6 cites·48 claims
- 3468US8687314B2Methods for fast center calibration of a tape drive for a flangeless tape pathBUI NHAN X·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 1, 2014·1 cites·17 claims
- 3567US10283153B2Tape damage detectionIBM·Filed 2018·Granted May 7, 2019·1 cites·19 claims
- 3664US6819065B1Dynamic braking of a tape motorIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 16, 2004·5 cites·16 claims
- 3763US9336816B1Determining estimated position information of a magnetic recording tape using media thickness estimationIBM·Filed 2015·Granted May 10, 2016·1 cites·19 claims
- 3863US8405926B2Tape drive velocity controlBUI NHAN XUAN·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 26, 2013·1 cites·15 claims
- 3960US9064533B2Tape friction measurementIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 23, 2015·0 cites·25 claims
- 4060US9064532B2Accurate radius and velocity measurement of tape transportsIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 23, 2015·0 cites·20 claims
- 4159US8724246B2System for fast center calibration of a tape drive for a flangeless tape pathIBM·Filed 2013·Granted May 13, 2014·0 cites·18 claims
- 4258US11741992B2Management of head and media dimensional stabilityIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 29, 2023·0 cites·25 claims
- 4358US10679662B2Tape drive bearing temperature controlIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 9, 2020·0 cites·15 claims
- 4457US10515663B2Tape drive bearing temperature controlIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Dec 24, 2019·0 cites·15 claims
- 4556US10650853B2Tape damage detectionIBM·Filed 2019·Granted May 12, 2020·0 cites·18 claims
- 4656US2025022484A1Enhanced dynamic braking algorithm for tape storage deviceIBM·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4754US6934109B2Apparatus and method to monitor the relative position of a tape medium disposed in a tape driveIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 23, 2005·2 cites·24 claims
- 4853US10699742B2Behavioral model for dynamic tension compensationIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 30, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 4953US10242703B2Dynamically optimizing read performance by adjusting servo-based head locationIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 26, 2019·0 cites·18 claims
- 5052US10410670B1Tape drive temperature control for media dimensional stabilityIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 10, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
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