Bizarre Patents
A self defense weapon formed as a memo pad and which is easily held by a person's fingers, therefore making it possible to provide protection from a mugger and also to quickly and easily write a record or a message without failure of missing or forgetting significant information under a stressful situation.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7900037 | Disk drive maintaining multiple logs to expedite boot operation for a host computer A disk drive is disclosed wherein during a first boot operation, first boot data is transmitted from a first plurality of data sectors to a host, and a first log identifying the first plurality of data sectors is maintained. During a second boot operation, second bo... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7898756 | Disk drive adapting target values of a sequence detector relative to bit error rate of the sequence detector A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk and a head actuated radially over the disk, wherein the head generates a read signal. A sampling device samples the read signal to generate a sequence of read signal samples when reading a training data sequence recorded o... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7876523 | Disk drive initializing position feedforward compensation with velocity feedforward compensation A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk comprising a plurality of spiral tracks, wherein each spiral track comprises a high frequency signal interrupted by a sync mark at a sync mark interval. The head is positioned over the disk and used to... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7876522 | Disk drive updating estimate of voice coil resistance to account for resistance change prior to unload operation A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk and a head actuated over the disk by a voice coil motor (VCM) comprising a voice coil, wherein the VCM is controlled by a VCM control loop comprising an IR voltage detector. The IR voltage detector is updated by measuring ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7874424 | Disk pack balancing station A method of balancing a disk pack assembly is disclosed. The disk pack assembly comprises a plurality of components including a plurality of disks coupled to a hub of a spindle motor with at least one disk spacer between the disks. The method comprises the steps of ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7872822 | Disk drive refreshing zones based on serpentine access of disk surfaces A disk drive is disclosed including a first disk surface comprising a plurality of data tracks, wherein each data track comprises a first plurality of data sectors, and a second disk surface comprising a plurality of data tracks, wherein each data track comprises a ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7869183 | Static electricity monitoring device comprising a first footpad electrically insulated from a second footpad A static electricity monitoring device is disclosed for monitoring a user wearing a static control garment. The garment comprises a first bootie and a second bootie. The monitoring device comprises a first footpad for interfacing with the first bootie of the garment... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7869182 | Monitoring device for use with an insulated dual portion garment A method is disclosed for monitoring a user wearing a static electricity garment. The garment comprises a first conductive upper body portion including a first electrical interface, a second conductive upper body portion including a second electrical interface, a fi... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7869155 | Ramp detection during servo-writing of a disk for a disk drive A servo writer to detect a ramp is disclosed. The servo writer includes a head positioner to position a head of an actuator arm of a head disk assembly relative to a disk and a controller to: control the head positioner to move the head of the actuator arm toward a ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7864488 | Suspension assembly including a dimple that contacts a flexure tongue dielectric layer through a hole in a flexure tongue structural layer A suspension assembly includes a load beam having a protruding dimple and a laminate flexure. The laminate flexure includes a structural layer that is attached to the load beam, and a dielectric layer. The laminate flexure includes a flexure tongue for mounting a he... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7864482 | Disk drive calibrating VCM notch filter by increasing the width and/or the depth of the notch A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk, a head, a voice coil motor (VCM) for actuating the head over the disk, and control circuitry comprising a notch filter for generating a VCM control signal, wherein a notch of the notch filter comprises a frequency, a widt... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7864481 | Evaluating distribution of peak signals representing reference track crossings to compensate for thermal expansion when writing spiral tracks to a disk A method of writing a spiral track on a disk of a disk drive is disclosed. A plurality of reference tracks are written on the disk. A head is moved over the reference tracks to generate a read signal comprising a plurality of peak signals, wherein each peak signal c... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7863889 | Component receptacle to segregate components A component receptacle for coupling to a component tester that tests a component is disclosed. The component receptacle includes a plurality of trays mounted in a housing for receiving components, a tray access control system configured to control access to at least... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7859782 | Selecting highest reliability sync mark in a sync mark window of a spiral servo track crossing A method is disclosed for demodulating a spiral servo track recorded on a disk of a disk drive. The spiral servo track comprises a high frequency signal interrupted by a sync mark at a sync mark interval. A demodulation window is enabled relative to a spiral servo t... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7852601 | Radial top cover gasket for disk drives A radial top cover gasket is used for sealing a disk drive assembly. In one embodiment, a disk drive assembly includes a baseplate having a sidewall disposed about a periphery of the baseplate. The disk drive further includes a top cover that is disposed within the ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7852596 | Disk drive returning dummy data to a host when reading an unwritten data sector A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk and a head actuated over the disk. The disk comprises a plurality of tracks, wherein each track comprises a plurality of data sectors. A read command is received from a host to read data from a target data sector. When it ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7852592 | Spiral slope approximation of spiral patterns written to a disk of a disk drive A disk drive that approximates spiral slope in spiral patterns is disclosed. The disk drive includes a disk having at least one spiral pattern that extends radially across the disk, a head to read a portion of the at least one spiral pattern, and a processor to appr... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7852588 | Disk drive adjusting gain of shock detector relative to resonant frequency amplitude A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk, a head actuated radially over the disk, and control circuitry including a shock detector. The control circuitry is operable to detect a resonant frequency amplitude (RFA) of the shock detector, adjust the shock detector i... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7843662 | Servoing on concentric servo sectors of a first disk surface to write a spiral servo track to a second disk surface A disk drive is disclosed comprising a first disk surface and a second disk surface, wherein the first disk surface comprises a plurality of concentric servo sectors extending across substantially an entire radius of the first disk surface. The concentric servo sect... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843660 | Disk drive adjusting erasure window based on a number of non-read data sectors during a retry operation A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk having a plurality of data tracks, wherein each data track comprises a plurality of data sectors. A head is actuated radially over the disk in order to read one of the data sectors from a target data track on the disk. The... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7839600 | Disk drive employing data-based basis function expansion for tuning seek servo loop A method of tuning a seek operation of a disk drive is disclosed, the disk drive comprising a disk, an actuator arm, a head coupled to a distal end of the actuator arm, a voice coil motor (VCM) for rotating the actuator arm about a pivot, and a closed loop servo sys... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7839595 | Feed forward compensation for fly height control in a disk drive A method of selecting a dynamic fly height (DFH) control setting for a head in a disk drive is disclosed. The head is servoed over a disk, and a fly height measurement is generated for the head. A frequency component is extracted from the fly height measurement, and... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7839591 | Disk drive comprising index spiral track identified by change in sync mark A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk and a head actuated over the disk. The disk comprises a plurality of spiral tracks, wherein each spiral track comprises a high frequency signal interrupted by a sync mark at a sync mark interval. A first spiral track compr... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7839588 | Method of alternating track write for defect identification Defects are identified in a disk drive by first writing a pattern of tracks to a disk surface in the disk drive, the pattern of tracks including written tracks alternating with unwritten tracks. The written tracks of the pattern of tracks are read, and a defect in a... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7827320 | Serial ATA device implementing intra-command processing by detecting XRDY primitive while in the XRDY state A Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) device for communicating with a host is disclosed. The SATA device comprises control circuitry which enters a XRDY state in preparation for sending data to the host, receives a first XRDY from the host while in the XRDY... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7826177 | Flexure having arms with reduced centroid offset for supporting a head in a disk drive A flexure for supporting a head in a disk drive includes a tongue including a head mounting surface for attaching the head. The flexure further includes a first arm on a first side of the tongue. The first arm includes a structural material and has a first cross-sec... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7804657 | Setting an operating bias current for a magnetoresistive head using ratio of target voltage and measured voltage A method is disclosed for setting an operating bias current for a magnetoresistive (MR) element. A bias current is applied to the MR element, and a voltage across the MR element is measured corresponding to the bias current. The bias current is then adjusted in resp... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7800857 | Disk drive calibrating voice coil resistance for velocity control of voice coil motor A disk drive is disclosed comprising an IR voltage detector operable to detect a resistive voltage due to a resistance of a voice coil in a voice coil motor, and a BEMF detector operable to subtract the resistive voltage from the voice coil voltage to generate a BEM... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7800856 | Disk drive flushing write cache to a nearest set of reserved tracks during a power failure A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk having a plurality of data tracks and a first and second set of reserved tracks, wherein the first set of reserved tracks are located at a first radial location, and the second set of reserved tracks a... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7800853 | Correcting servo sectors in a disk drive A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk having a plurality of data tracks defined by a plurality of servo sectors, wherein each servo sector comprises a Gray coded address representing at least part of a track address. The disk drive further comprises a head act... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7788404 | Access and control system for network-enabled devices A publicly addressable control infrastructure includes a plurality of connection servers and a load balancing server. The load balancing server assigns connection servers to particular communication sessions based on a number of variables. A computer at a private ad... | 08/31/2010 |
| D621282 | Packaging sleeve | 08/10/2010 |
| 7768776 | Disk drive enclosure with a sliding door having tabs with adjacent through-slots An information storage device includes a housing having a cavity, and a sliding door partially covering the cavity. The housing has a first groove and a second groove on opposite sides of the cavity. The sliding door includes first and second edges adjacent the firs... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7760461 | Disk drive employing coarse position feedback from mechanical position sensor to improve format efficiency A disk drive is disclosed including a disk having a plurality of servo tracks. The servo tracks are banded together to form a plurality of servo track bands, and each servo sector comprises a fine track address that identifies one of the servo tracks. The disk drive... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7760458 | Disk drive adjusting head bias during servo synchronization to compensate for over/under sensitivity A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk including a plurality of servo sectors, a head actuated over the disk, the head for generating a read signal, and a gain control circuit for adjusting a gain of the read signal in response to a gain setting. A bias setting... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7751145 | Disk drive with air channel A disk drive baseplate includes a raised major surface oriented essentially parallel to the disk, a recessed major surface, and a boundary contour between the raised major surface and the recessed major surface. In one embodiment, the baseplate further includes an a... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7746595 | Disk drive comprising slanted line servo bursts having reverse polarity segments A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk having servo data defining a plurality of servo tracks. The servo data comprises a preamble, and a plurality of slanted line servo bursts recorded at a tilt angle with respect to the preamble. At least one of the slanted l... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7746594 | Disk drive comprising slanted line servo burst sets offset radially A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk having servo data defining a plurality of servo tracks. The servo data comprises a preamble, and a plurality of slanted line servo bursts recorded at a tilt angle with respect to the preamble. The slanted line servo bursts... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7746592 | Disk drive detecting defective spiral servo track A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk and a head actuated over the disk, wherein the disk comprises a plurality of spiral tracks, each comprising a high frequency signal interrupted by a sync mark at a sync mark interval. The head is used to read a spiral trac... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7743486 | Method for assembling a head stack assembly with a disk drive base utilizing a tooling mandrel A method for assembling a head stack assembly with a disk drive base utilizing a tooling mandrel is described. The head stack assembly includes a pivot bearing cartridge with a shaft and a sleeve. The shaft includes a shaft first end with an engagement feature. The ... | 06/29/2010 |
